Написал небольшой опус по Иванову. Прошу проверить мой английский: орфография, грамматика и самое главное - стилистика (говорят ли так по английски как я написал)

For the past 2 decades situation with public transportation in cities has considerably changed. More than 90 new tram systems were launched throughout the world, mostly in European and American cities. Existing tram systems have been upgraded, new lines have been built, new carriages have been bought and existing ones have been upgraded.
Environmentally friendly, economically reasonable tram has returned to the cities after about 50 years of oblivion. The efficiency it can bring to the transportation in cities was finally appreciated by people.
Transport scientists consider tram to be a perspective means of transport in urban areas. Independence from roads makes trams reliable and fast transport in cities. Trams on segregated tracks can easily bypass traffic jams and driving laws in many cases give priorities to trams. High transport capacity makes trams efficient for transportation of big volumes of people and its compactness makes possible to use it on the territory of city center where high volumes of passengers are often concentrated. For delivering people to city suburbs modern trams can use railroad tracks and in the districts with complicated architecture or busy streets they can use tunnels as a metro.
They observe high buyer activity and intense use of the land of the city center in cities, which have trams. The transportation system in those cities is often more efficient than in cities without trams.
However not all the people think about tram as a perspective transport. Alexander G. Fomin , mayor of Ivanovo city, Russia , for instance, declares that tram should be demolished from the streets of the city. Mr. Fomin accuses tram in burdening budget, in destroying roads and buildings, in noise, in occupying the lane in the street that could be used for car rides. While the number of cars is growing by 30% a year the traffic situation is continuously deteriorating. The transport ?capacity of the old streets in the city center is not able to cope with growing amount of cars. Mr. Fomin argues that widening of the streets in the city center will bring the solution to the traffic situation and tram tracks should be dismantled from the roads in order to release one more lane for car rides. 3 of 5 tram lines have already been dismantled from streets since Mr. Fomin was elected as a mayor of Ivanovo.
After dismantling tram lines municipality partly replaced them by second hand buses or somewhere by minivans. The number of buses per route occurred to be less than trams as municipality had a lack of buses. Some parts of ex-tram routes remained not covered with transport at all.
Municipal officials like in Soviet times reported in mass media that their decision had improved transportation in Ivanovo.
At the same time internet polls show that at least 50% of citizens want to have tram in that Russian city. People say they need tram and they don’t understand why do authorities want to destroy it. There has even appeared public organization consisted of people who consider that it’s necessary for their city to have tram system. The head of that public organization Maxim Tanichev says: “Municipal officials want to remove remaining very popular tram route and whole the tram infrastructure. However more than 50% of people in the city want to have tram but authorities pretend not to hear them. Moreover in his election program Mr. Fomin stated that he would save and modernize tram but after he was elected he halted modernization program and started to dismantle tram lines. Unfortunately imprudent decisions of Mr. Fomin who is not a transport specialist postpone the development of the city on 50 years”
There are of course in Russia cities, where tram is maintained in good condition and even modernized. However city transportation planning still depends not on city demands but mostly on mayor’s opinion. So some mayors like Mr. Fomin are absolutely free to destroy at a moment whole the tram system and make the city to repeat old faults of others.

3 of 5 tram
> lines have already been dismantled from streets
> since Mr. Fomin was elected as a mayor of
> Ivanovo.

Вместе с since нельзя was, замените на has been.

> They observe high buyer activity and intense use of the land of the city >center in cities, which have trams. The transportation system in those cities >is often more efficient than in cities without trams.

Зачем же 2 раза повторять слово city?

... the land in the centeres of cities that have trams... ...more efficient than in ones without trams...

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The situation with public transportation in cities considerably changed in the past 2 decades. More than 90 new tram systems have been launched throughout the world, mostly in European and American cities. The existing tram systems were upgraded, new lines were built, new tram cars bought and existing ones upgraded.
The environment friendly and economically sound tram has returned to the cities after about 50 years of oblivion. The efficiency it can bring to the passenger transportation in cities is finally appreciated by the people.
Transport scientists consider tram to be a promising means of public transport in urban areas. The independence of roads makes the tram a reliable and quick transport in cities. The tram cars on segregated tracks easily can bypass traffic jams, with Rules of the Road giving the priority to tram cars in many cases. A high carrying capacity makes the tram fit for a big passenger traffic, while the small area occupied on the road per 1 passenger makes it possible to use tram in central city areas where a big volume of passenger traffic is often attracted. To bring the people to city suburbs, the modern trams can use railroad tracks, and in they also can use tunnels, as a metro (subway, underground) in dense urbanization areas with complex and valuable architecture and narrow busy streets.
There are reports on the hike of buying activity and of the intensity use of the land in those city centers that possess a good tram network. The transportation system in such cities more often than not turns a great deal more efficient than in cities with no trams.
However, not the all think of the tram as a transport of future. Alexander G. Fomin, e.g. Mayor of the city of Ivanovo city in Central Russia, has declared that tram should be demolished from the city streets. Mr. Fomin blames the tram as a an overburden to the budget, as the destroyer of roads and buildings, as a source of noise, and as an occupant of the traffic lane that otherwise could be used for car traffic. With the number of cars growing 30% every year, the traffic situation in Ivanovo is continuously deteriorating. The traffic capacity of old streets in the city center is unable to cope with the growing number of cars. Mr. Fomin argues that widening of the streets would radically improve the traffic situation after the tram tracks have been dismantled to free one extra lane for the cars. Three of the five tram lines were already dismantled from the Ivanovo streets after Mr. Fomin had been elected Ivanovo Mayor.
After dismantling of the tram tracks and abolishing the tram routes, the municipal authorities did partly replace them by second-hand buses or, in some places, by minibuses. The number of buses per route occurred to be less than that of trams for the shortage of buses. Some parts of the ex-tram routes remain not covered by and public transport routes transport at all.
The Municipal officials reported in mass media, very much like it used to be in the Soviet times, that their decision had improved the public transportation in Ivanovo.
At the same time, internet polls show that at least 50% of the city inhabitants want to have tram in that Russian city. People say they need tram and they don’t understand why do authorities want to destroy it. There has even appeared public organization consisted of people who consider that it’s necessary for their city to have tram system. The head of that public organization Maxim Tanichev says: “Municipal officials want to remove remaining very popular tram route and whole the tram infrastructure. However more than 50% of people in the city want to have tram but authorities pretend not to hear them. Moreover in his election program Mr. Fomin stated that he would save and modernize tram but after he was elected he halted modernization program and started to dismantle tram lines. Unfortunately imprudent decisions of Mr. Fomin who is not a transport specialist postpone the development of the city on 50 years”
There are of course in Russia cities, where tram is maintained in good condition and even modernized. However city transportation planning still depends not on city demands but mostly on mayor’s opinion. So some mayors like Mr. Fomin are absolutely free to destroy at a moment whole the tram system and make the city to repeat old faults of others.. More than 90 new tram systems were launched throughout the world, mostly in European and American cities. Existing tram systems have been upgraded, new lines have been built, new carriages have been bought and existing ones have been upgraded.
Environmentally friendly, economically reasonable tram has returned to the cities after about 50 years of oblivion. The efficiency it can bring to the transportation in cities was finally appreciated by people.
Transport scientists consider tram to be a perspective means of transport in urban areas. Independence from roads makes trams reliable and fast transport in cities. Trams on segregated tracks can easily bypass traffic jams and driving laws in many cases give priorities to trams. High transport capacity makes trams efficient for transportation of big volumes of people and its compactness makes possible to use it on the territory of city center where high volumes of passengers are often concentrated. For delivering people to city suburbs modern trams can use railroad tracks and in the districts with complicated architecture or busy streets they can use tunnels as a metro.
They observe high buyer activity and intense use of the land of the city center in cities, which have trams. The transportation system in those cities is often more efficient than in cities without trams.
However not all the people think about tram as a perspective transport. Alexander G. Fomin , mayor of Ivanovo city, Russia , for instance, declares that tram should be demolished from the streets of the city. Mr. Fomin accuses tram in burdening budget, in destroying roads and buildings, in noise, in occupying the lane in the street that could be used for car rides. While the number of cars is growing by 30% a year the traffic situation is continuously deteriorating. The transport ?capacity of the old streets in the city center is not able to cope with growing amount of cars. Mr. Fomin argues that widening of the streets in the city center will bring the solution to the traffic situation and tram tracks should be dismantled from the roads in order to release one more lane for car rides. 3 of 5 tram lines have already been dismantled from streets since Mr. Fomin was elected as a mayor of Ivanovo.
After dismantling tram lines municipality partly replaced them by second hand buses or somewhere by minivans. The number of buses per route occurred to be less than trams as municipality had a lack of buses. Some parts of ex-tram routes remained not covered with transport at all.
Municipal officials like in Soviet times reported in mass media that their decision had improved transportation in Ivanovo.
At the same time internet polls show that at least 50% of citizens want to have tram in that Russian city. The people are saying that they do need the tram, and they do not understand why the authorities are so eager to destroy it. A public organization even emerged, uniting those people who deem it necessary to have a tram system in the city. Says Maxim Tanichev, The head of this organization: " The municipal officials want to cancel the very popular remaining tram route and to demolish the whole the tram infrastructure. More than 50% of the city population want the tram to stay, but the authorities pretend not to hear them. Moreover, Mr. Fomin did formerly proclaim in his election program that he would save and modernize the tram, but after he has been elected, he halted the modernization program altogether and started to dismantle the tram lines instead. Unfortunately, the imprudent decisions of Mr. Fomin, who is not a transport expert himself, retard the city development by some 50 years.
Of course, there are Russian cities where tram is kept in good condition and even modernized. However, the city transportation planning still depends not on the needs of city inhabitants, but mostly on a mayor’s voluntary opinion. So some mayors, like Mr. Fomin, are absolutely free to destroy the whole tram system and at their own discretion at any moment to make the city repeating the old mistakes of others.



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> The situation with public transportation in cities
> considerably changed in the past 2 decades. More
> than 90 new tram systems have been launched
> throughout the world, mostly in European and
> American cities. The existing tram systems were
> upgraded, new lines were built, new tram cars
> bought and existing ones upgraded.
> The environment friendly and economically sound
> tram has returned to the cities after about 50
> years of oblivion . The efficiency it can bring to
> the passenger transportation in cities is finally
> appreciated by the people.
> Transport scientists consider tram to be a
> promising means of public transport in urban
> areas. The independence of roads makes the tram a
> reliable and quick transport in cities. The tram
> cars on segregated tracks easily can bypass
> traffic jams, with Rules of the Road giving the
> priority to tram cars in many cases. A high
> carrying capacity makes the tram fit for a big
> passenger traffic, while the small area occupied
> on the road per 1 passenger makes it possible to
> use tram in central city areas where a big volume
> of passenger traffic is often attracted. To bring
> the people to city suburbs, the modern trams can
> use railroad tracks, and in they also can use
> tunnels, as a metro (subway, underground) in dense
> urbanization areas with complex and valuable
> architecture and narrow busy streets.
> There are reports on the hike of buying activity
> and of the intensity use of the land in those city
> centers that possess a good tram network . The
> transportation system in such cities more often
> than not turns a great deal more efficient than in
> cities with no trams .
> However, not the all think of the tram as a
> transport of future. Alexander G. Fomin, e.g.
> Mayor of the city of Ivanovo city in Central
> Russia, has declared that tram should be
> demolished from the city streets. Mr. Fomin blames
> the tram as a an overburden to the budget, as the
> destroyer of roads and buildings, as a source of
> noise, and as an occupant of the traffic lane that
> otherwise could be used for car traffic. With the
> number of cars growing 30% every year, the traffic
> situation in Ivanovo is continuously
> deteriorating. The traffic capacity of old streets
> in the city center is unable to cope with the
> growing number of cars. Mr. Fomin argues that
> widening of the streets would radically improve
> the traffic situation after the tram tracks have
> been dismantled to free one extra lane for the
> cars. Three of the five tram lines were already
> dismantled from the Ivanovo streets after Mr.
> Fomin had been elected Ivanovo Mayor.
> After dismantling of the tram tracks and
> abolishing the tram routes, the municipal
> authorities did partly replace them by second-hand
> buses or, in some places, by minibuses. The number
> of buses per route occurred to be less than that
> of trams for the shortage of buses. Some parts of
> the ex-tram routes remain not covered by and
> public transport routes transport at all.
> The Municipal officials reported in mass media,
> very much like it used to be in the Soviet times,
> that their decision had improved the public
> transportation in Ivanovo.
> At the same time, internet polls show that at
> least 50% of the city inhabitants want to have
> tram in that Russian city. People say they need
> tram and they don’t understand why do authorities
> want to destroy it. There has even appeared public
> organization consisted of people who consider that
> it’s necessary for their city to have tram system .
> The head of that public organization Maxim
> Tanichev says: “Municipal officials want to remove
> remaining very popular tram route and whole the
> tram infrastructure. However more than 50% of
> people in the city want to have tram but
> authorities pretend not to hear them. Moreover in
> his election program Mr. Fomin stated that he
> would save and modernize tram but after he was
> elected he halted modernization program and
> started to dismantle tram lines. Unfortunately
> imprudent decisions of Mr. Fomin who is not a
> transport specialist postpone the development of
> the city on 50 years”
> There are of course in Russia cities, where tram
> is maintained in good condition and even
> modernized. However city transportation planning
> still depends not on city demands but mostly on
> mayor’s opinion. So some mayors like Mr. Fomin are
> absolutely free to destroy at a moment whole the
> tram system and make the city to repeat old faults
> of others..


Этот вариант лучше, но у меня нет больше времени на просмотр и правку.

More than 90 new tram systems were
> launched throughout the world, mostly in European
> and American cities. Existing tram systems have
> been upgraded, new lines have been built, new
> carriages have been bought and existing ones have
> been upgraded.
> Environmentally friendly, economically reasonable
> tram has returned to the cities after about 50
> years of oblivion. The efficiency it can bring to
> the transportation in cities was finally
> appreciated by people.
> Transport scientists consider tram to be a
> perspective means of transport in urban areas.
> Independence from roads makes trams reliable and
> fast transport in cities. Trams on segregated
> tracks can easily bypass traffic jams and driving
> laws in many cases give priorities to trams. High
> transport capacity makes trams efficient for
> transportation of big volumes of people and its
> compactness makes possible to use it on the
> territory of city center where high volumes of
> passengers are often concentrated. For delivering
> people to city suburbs modern trams can use
> railroad tracks and in the districts with
> complicated architecture or busy streets they can
> use tunnels as a metro.
> They observe high buyer activity and intense use
> of the land of the city center in cities, which
> have trams. The transportation system in those
> cities is often more efficient than in cities
> without trams.
> However not all the people think about tram as a
> perspective transport. Alexander G. Fomin , mayor
> of Ivanovo city, Russia , for instance, declares
> that tram should be demolished from the streets of
> the city. Mr. Fomin accuses tram in burdening
> budget, in destroying roads and buildings, in
> noise, in occupying the lane in the street that
> could be used for car rides. While the number of
> cars is growing by 30% a year the traffic
> situation is continuously deteriorating. The
> transport ?capacity of the old streets in the city
> center is not able to cope with growing amount of
> cars. Mr. Fomin argues that widening of the
> streets in the city center will bring the solution
> to the traffic situation and tram tracks should be
> dismantled from the roads in order to release one
> more lane for car rides. 3 of 5 tram lines have
> already been dismantled from streets since Mr.
> Fomin was elected as a mayor of Ivanovo.
> After dismantling tram lines municipality partly
> replaced them by second hand buses or somewhere by
> minivans. The number of buses per route occurred
> to be less than trams as municipality had a lack
> of buses. Some parts of ex-tram routes remained
> not covered with transport at all.
> Municipal officials like in Soviet times reported
> in mass media that their decision had improved
> transportation in Ivanovo.
> At the same time internet polls show that at least
> 50% of citizens want to have tram in that Russian
> city. The people are saying that they do need the
> tram, and they do not understand why the
> authorities are so eager to destroy it. A public
> organization even emerged, uniting those people
> who deem it necessary to have a tram system in the
> city. Says Maxim Tanichev, The head of this
> organization: " The municipal officials want to
> cancel the very popular remaining tram route and
> to demolish the whole the tram infrastructure.
> More than 50% of the city population want the tram
> to stay, but the authorities pretend not to hear
> them. Moreover, Mr. Fomin did formerly proclaim in
> his election program that he would save and
> modernize the tram, but after he has been elected,
> he halted the modernization program altogether and
> started to dismantle the tram lines instead.
> Unfortunately, the imprudent decisions of Mr.
> Fomin, who is not a transport expert himself,
> retard the city development by some 50 years.
> Of course, there are Russian cities where tram is
> kept in good condition and even modernized.
> However, the city transportation planning still
> depends not on the needs of city inhabitants, but
> mostly on a mayor’s voluntary opinion. So some
> mayors, like Mr. Fomin, are absolutely free to
> destroy the whole tram system and at their own
> discretion at any moment to make the city
> repeating the old mistakes of others.