Allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams would 'cause major problems', a committee of councillors was told as transport bosses revealed plans to use a quiet siding as an off-network testing site for a 'soft trial'.
One councillor said passengers already struggled to get on packed peak-time trams and stressed people with prams, electric scooters, different-sized mobility scooters and suitcases already use the network together with, now, dogs.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), meanwhile, revealed it was looking at using volunteers with bikes to conduct a 'mock up' test off the live tram network, possibly at Crumpsall.
