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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

TexasProgresive

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2. Did you ever see trolley buses

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 07:18 AM

Jul 2015

They were common in New Orleans when I was a child. I suppose the were running on the same line as the discontinued street car lines so they could use the existing aerial electric lines but were free of the rails.

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London will try to beat traffic and air pollution with this new electric bus [View all] marmar Jul 2015 OP

they retain the classic look GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #1

Did you ever see trolley buses TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #2

They still exist in some cities nxylas Jul 2015 #3

San Francisco still has them. marmar Jul 2015 #4

So does Philadelphia, Pittsburgh never had them. happyslug Jul 2015 #6

Trolley buses are the third best mass transit vehicle when it comes to steep hills. happyslug Jul 2015 #5

Sounds like battery only operation, but that brings up range. happyslug Jul 2015 #7