[PRCo] Re: Portland Green Line

[John Swindler]

The trackless are going to have one or the other.  I don't know which, though.

 

j


 
> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:11:11 -0400
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Portland Green Line
> From: joshua.dunfield at gmail.com
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> 
> 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.
> 
> 

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