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maybe they have Rubber-tyred trams there 🤷
A few things. Those are train tracks. Trolleys are something else that you have to go to San Francisco for. Second, "Tyre" is a city in Lebanon. "Tire" is a rubber wheel component. "Wheel" is the metal part which, in this case, goes on the tracks.
And finally no, "tyre" is not correct because the US has the largest English speaking population of any country - more than the next 3 combined, none of which is England. England is 5th; they don't get to be in charge of their own language anymore.
Besides being wrong about tire/tyre, I also really like how you are completely wrong about "Trolleys" being something you have too go to San Francisco for... And that the OP didn't even talk about "Trolleys" , but "Trams"...
First of all... There's plenty of different types of Trolleys around the world, like:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_trolley https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Stewart-Golf-R1-S-Push-Trolley-3-2.png
But now that we are specifically talking about Trams, they also exist in:
Just to name a few of the 403 cities around the world that operates a tram network. And comically enough, the San Francisco doesn't even get near any of the above with it's measly 5.16 miles of track. Even Los Angeles (82.7 miles) and Dallas (96 miles) has San Francisco beat.