[PRCo] Re: Portland Green Line

[Joshua Dunfield]

2009/9/19 John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>:
>
> Suggest taking a ride on the new electric mass transit vehicles
> assigned to 66, 59 and 75 in Philadelphia.  Driver can pull up to a
> curb, passengers can walk straight onto the trackless trolley and
> to a seat without having to climb any steps.  And then compare
> with boarding a light rail vehicle in Philadelphia.  I'll be at Frankford
> Monday and will check to see if the new trackless have a ramp of lift
> for ADA purposes.

Don't see how they could have gotten a waiver for brand-new trolleybuses.

Here in Montreal, the STM is trumpeting a new era of accessibility:
five métro stations now have elevators.  Just 63 to go...

-j.