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The power lines that trolleybuses use don’t cover an entire city. They’re only installed on the routes the buses are scheduled to run on, and only for the parts
by SllX 4y ago
The power lines that trolleybuses use don’t cover an entire city. They’re only installed on the routes the buses are scheduled to run on, and only for the parts of the streets buses will use. They’re like train tracks in that way, but hanging in the air instead of embedded in the ground.
Garbage truck fleets are expected to cover every street and every block in their service area which adds up to more of a city than bus services cover since they don’t stop on every block at every house and building. The lines also require maintenance and you also need to train operators to re-establish the connections not if they drop but when they drop. Doesn’t seem worth it to me, at least not for New York.
- jacquesm 4y agoThey are also a maintenance headache, especially in icy conditions.
- heavyset_go 4y agoIn 1875, Philadelphia had electric street car lines going through every numbered street in the city, and through every cross street in central Philly[1]. [1] https://i.redd.it/zidqa2mbmav31.png https://i.redd.it/zidqa2mbmav31.png
- SllX 4y agoThat's neat. Thanks for sharing!
- heavyset_go 4y agoNo problem. If you visit there, you can still see some of the rail lines in the streets.
- weberer 4y agoThey've paved over the rails in the 90's, but a few bus routes are still powered by the overhead lines. I forget the numbers, but one of them starts at the Frankford transportation center.