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.
Critical support to whatever mafia or machine politics that keep this system running
@Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net I thought you might find this interesting. Bonus: the downtown transit center has wired passing points for every bus bay. Here's a lovely trolleybus saved from Edmonton at the transit center, albeit without using the passing point.
Yoooo I too obsess over the Dayton trolleybus network. Such a goober system. For me it proves that cities don't need hills to justify a Trolleybus network.
When the 14trs got retired, one made it's way to Prague
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Dayton also has the longest network of paved cycling paths in the country. People make fun of Dayton but it weirdly has a lot going for it.
Me learning trolleys aren't common in area with other forms of public transport from this post
I wish more cities would go for trolley buses instead of battery buses. So many challenges with recharging and range that can be avoided.
Transit and city leaders in North America don't want to battle with small business owners and nimbys about putting up the wires, even though it's the correct thing to do.
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.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
