Currently obsessing over this absolutely bizarre trolleybus network. Why do they run the buses so infrequently (like every 40-50 minutes) but yet have the money to build out such a massive system that trolleybuses are running on county roads with no sidewalks? How did Dayton of all places manage to keep its trolleybus system when even Boston couldn't?

This is a trolleybus network that runs terrible schedules but yet runs far out into the suburbs. It has post-Soviet vibes for sure.

Link to the video that has me obsessing

  • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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    16 days ago

    Portland has never had a trolleybus system, but they do have an extensive streetcar and light rail network, both of which are called trolleys colloquially, so I can understand the confusion.