Public Transit in the US (where it exists) moves customers @ < 5 mph. It's become a wash versus private transportation, financially. I can't walk that fast anymore, but the existing systems have become so unreliable that it is'nt an option . On 10/26/17, Sean Breheny wrote: > Here in the Boston, Massachusetts USA area, we have a wide variety of > public transit systems, including trolley buses (I never knew that was th= e > 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 wir= es > and drive a long distance. In fact, some of their routes are only partial= ly > 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 i= n > 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 ha= ve > 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 bu= sy > 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 >> > -- > 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 .