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Re:Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' by Symbiote on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:44PM (#11566334)
In case you've never used one, a trolleybus is actually much closer to a normal bus, but runs from overhead electric wires.

They're still used in some cities in China and eastern Europe. They're quiet, have flexible routes, and zero pollution in the City, and are lightweight.

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Re:Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' by dalke on Monday April 25, 2016 @03:45PM (#11566796)
And San Francisco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_San_Francisco says there are 5 such systems in the US, and that SF's is the second largest in the Western Hemisphere, after Mexico City's.
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