We decided to head over to Nice to go for a walk along the Promenade des Anglais, and to check out the work on the new tram. Our regular parking garage at Place Massena no longer exists. It is completely torn up, and is being rebuilt to eventually provide a focal point for the pedestrian area served by the new Tramway de Nice. The new tram will be a hybrid which can switch back and forth between overhead wires and an onboard nickel-metal hybrid battery which can power around 500 meters through autonomous, wireless sections. The first of three phases (Line 1) of the tramway work is scheduled to be completed in the middle of 2006, and will go north from Place Massena to Comte de Falicon on the west side, and north to Pont Michel on the east side of Place Massena. Phase two (Line 2) is scheduled to be completed in 2010, and the final phase (Line 3) is scheduled to be completed in 2015
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