SEATTLE'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH TROLLEYS

Trolleys have been a major, if not dominant component of Seattle's transportation system for more than forty years. This article retraces the history of the trolley system since 1939 when it was first approved, through 1973, when Metro, a consortium of Seattle, King County, and Suburban county grovernments, provided a plan that called for replacing the entire system, doubling the lineage to 55 miles and acquiring 109 new trolleys. The author relates then the problems created by new technology and gives the present status of the system.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr200/200-002.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in TRB Special Report 200, The Trolley Bus: Where It Is and Where It's Going. Based on the Workshop on Trolley Bus Applications, August 29-September 1, 1982, Seattle, Washington conducted by TRB and sponsored by UMTA. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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• Authors:
  • Benson, George E
• Conference:
  • The Trolley Bus: Where It Is and Where It's Going. A Workshop on Trolley Bus Applications
  • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Date: 1982-8-29 to 1982-9-1
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 9-10
• Monograph Title: THE TROLLEY BUS: WHERE IT IS AND WHERE IT'S GOING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 200
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: History; Technology; Trolleybuses
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Highways; History; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385261
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM