A Streetcar City Reborn: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Philadelphia's Trolleys

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  @dinahschuster6436 · 2 years ago

  It's very generous of SEPTA to even restore these streetcars. Most railroads that owned these put them out of service a while ago. SEPTA clearly put their backs into making these things work again.

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  @stickdinner28 · 2 years ago

  As a lifelong Chicagoan, I&apos;ve been riding public transit for as long as I can remember, and seeing how transit enables a car-free lifestyle and what that offers has really instilled within me a love for cities and public transportation. I gotta admit that Philly isn&apos;t a city I&apos;ve spent a lot of time thinking about in my life. Until recently. <br><br>Thanks to videos like this and those by Alan Fisher, I can&apos;t believe I haven&apos;t paid more attention to Philly, especially considering how many similarities they share. It&apos;s a city I would love to move to someday. I interviewed for a job in Philly but didn&apos;t get it, but I&apos;m still applying to companies in the area with the hope of maybe landing something there someday. Like many East Coast, Rust Belt, and Midwest cities, Philly has incredible bones and I&apos;m glad to see SEPTA is really starting to build more on that foundation.

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  @dibiaseandco · 2 years ago

  Its cool that Septa helped support the local trolley manufacturing as well, instead of outsourcing everything to the foreign companies. Hopefully they can trend that direction in the future. Made in PA on Philly lines.

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• EL

  @ElaSoroka357 · 2 years ago

  Got me with the &quot;grab yourself a cheesesteak and a wooder ice&quot; 😂

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• GE

  @genepoon8905 · 2 years ago

  If only SEPTA had kept all those PCCs that they sold to San Francisco and the Market St. Railway. THEN they could REALLY have a Streetcar City.

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  @jamarerashaanmcdonald187 · 2 years ago

  I always thought what set Philly apart from other cities was our trolleys, it was kinda sad when they got rid of them , I remember riding the 6 trolly as a kid and being so excited to ride the trolley

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• JO

  @joethemanager1 · 2 years ago

  restoring the trolley tracks may be expensive, but on the upside, seeing a trolley go by my window would be cool

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• ME

  @metri91 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for pronouncing Lancaster correctly. That is all.

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  @TheMansfieldBusGuy · 2 years ago

  Its really nice to see well put together video about transit in philly that isnt just a robot reading a wikipedia article. Some bus routes that are good contenders to become trolleys again are the 52(52nd Street), and 60(Allegheny Avenue) an maybe also turn the 42(Spruce street) into a subway surface line. Along with those a Washington Avenue trolley with median lanes really would help make it less hostile than it is now. I also believe that Routes 17, 23, 33, 45, 47 and some others would be better of as trolleybuses since they can maneuver the narrow streets of north and south Philly like a normal bus but still use overhead wires.

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• HI

  @highvoltagetrains · 2 years ago

  I was very glad to see that philly has the 15 running again!

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• RE

  @RedArrowDoug · 2 years ago

  You forgot to mention the Route 6 trolley. I rode the last day of service in January 1986.

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• JO

  @jonathanstensberg · 2 years ago

  Imagine a future where a trolley could take you from Overbrook, down 63rd to Baltimore/Angora, down 58th and across a new bridge to a South Philly avenue like Snyder or Oregon...

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