Three coastal trams have derailed in the past 24 hours, resulting in minor damage and several people injured. On Monday, ...

They had come to Germany’s financial hub to vie for the trophy at the 11th European Tramdriver Championship. The annual public transit jamboree might best be described as tram dressage.

Fourteen local officials took a nine-day, taxpayer-subsidized trip to Europe this month to investigate trams in France, Belgium and Holland at $2,250 a person, for a total of $31,500.