Here in the Boston, Massachusetts USA area, we have a wide variety of public transit systems, including trolley buses (I never knew that was the term for them - I have just called them "buses with overhead electric wires"). You can see ours in the third picture down, on the right, in the wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus Ours have dual electric/diesel power, so they can disconnect from the wires and drive a long distance. In fact, some of their routes are only partially electrified. In general our public transit here in this area is not very convenient. Traffic is so congested that buses take forever to go even a short distance. The subway gets very crowded during the commute times and frequently has breakdowns. A significant portion of the subway operates in a dual mode (subway and tram). In the tram mode, most of the track runs down the middle of wide, divided streets with barriers on either side of it except at intersections. I've never seen parked cars blocking it but I have seen gridlock in intersections delay it. The few times I have taken it (I live well outside the city proper in an area which is not serviced by it), the tram sections have worked well, but I haven't tried those at super busy times. Sean On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 4:28 PM, IVP wrote: > NZ still has some trolley buses, for a while. They're being > replaced with battery vehicles > > https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/97509984/wellingtons- > electric-trolley-bus-wires-to-start-coming-down-in-a-week > > Auckland used to have trolley buses on major roads into the > CBD. I caught one to work. You could pretty much guarantee > that sooner or later the poles would come off and the driver > would have to get out and re-attach them > > Auckland rail network has recently been electrified and double- > tracked, the only diesels going past here are freight trains > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .