Austria dominates first global tram-driving competition
by editors@theworld.org (Jeremy Siegel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#7026S)
Thousands of spectators lined the streets of Vienna over the weekend as tram drivers from 25 different countries competed in eight different challenges. They ranged from the simple (smoothly stopping and accelerating) to the creative (tram curling and tram bowling). In the end, Austria took home gold on home turf. The World's Transportation Correspondent Jeremy Siegel reports.