Trolley System

part of Mass Transit system

aka Tram, Light Rail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail

Destruction of US Trolley System:

• http://www.ejnet.org/rachel/rehw439.htm According to historian Marty Jezer (and Congressional hearings held in 1974), between 1920 and 1955, General Motors bought up more than 100 electric Mass Transit systems in 45 cities, allowed them to deteriorate, and then replaced them with rubber-tired, diesel-powered buses.
• http://www.krisandsusanna.com/Writing/The_Mass_Transit_Murders.htm
• http://www.pepperface.com/presswatch/auto.html
• http://www.trolleystop.com/busdepot.htm
• not true (2015-05-07) The Real Story Behind The Demise Of America's Once-mighty Streetcars

Most US Light Rail lines use more energy, per passenger mile, than an SUV... City Bus-es can provide better, faster, safer transit service than light rail at a far lower cost. more more2

• more3 Mass Transit systems produce good numbers in New York City and nowhere else. The reason: New York's system (rail and buses) attracted 30.8 percent of commuters in 2006. San Francisco-OakLand, Boston Ma, and Chicago were next in line but way back with 13.1 percent, 12.3 percent, and 12.2 percent.
  • challenges to O Toole's research
• pro-rail post (and another), in context of Barack Obama Economic Stimulus plans.