trams clog up roads is so laughable

okay so let’s do a thought experiment… you also say trams are crowded? well those people still need to get from a to b within the 10min window that the tram runs, so let’s remove the tram and put them all in their own car: what do you reckon? roads are gonna flow better? or na?

now take that image you had and double the trams and take that many cars off the road… reckon the roads would flow better? i’m thinking probably

Alan Kohler said that trams clog up the roads,

I can't watch the video at work, but yes - this is a dumb take. Trams don't clog up roads, cars do. And that problem addresses the other criticism of trams as well: Trams are only slow when they are stuck behind cars. Trams are quite speedy when they have dedicated lanes/light rail to travel on.

So many people forget that trams and bikes pre-date cars on the roads. Somewhere around 100 years ago, people started to think roads were for cars, rather than cars being the newest things on the road.

Agreed, trams do fill a necessary niche in public transport, and if we could reduce the amount of car traffic, the roads wouldn’t be as clogged. Maybe more tram lines in circles around the city, connecting to major roads and train stations? We still have many of the land reservations where those tram lines were foolishly removed. Anything to reduce one person, one car traffic is a good idea.

But Melbourne is mostly suburbs, what are you going to do about that?