282 WW #5 Traffic

Punctuality always makes one of the virtues of Switzerland. Every travel guidebook I saw never failed to point that visitors could count on it. True. They have highly developed trams and well-ordered rails. I was personally impressed by the trams.

Zurich tram is worth seeing. 10-15 lines are seamlessly spreading all over the city. The cars are unexpectedly long, and ultra-clean as expected. Each lines seem to run at least every 10 minutes, so you always catch the next tram within 10 minutes. The sight of long and neat trams running frequently but also systematically in every major streets is marvelous. Comfortable to ride, very much convenient, they are excellent.

Among these many trams, buses and cars on the busy streets, pedestrians are well-organized. When you're crossing the streets, the crosswalk is divided into 2 or 3 according to the traffic and each is managed with the traffic light. Waiting time and walking time for pedestrians are both short. Everything looks quick and smooth, and organized efficiently even though the situation is complicated, like crossing trams are running in the middle of the junction of three streets.