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Come Back Trolleys

Trolleys are making a big comeback only in the form of buses. Trolley buses are are becoming a new form of mass transit. Trolley buses can be either trolleys that have wheels and are no different then regular buses or trolleys that have little rubber wheels and move around on a overhead wire that electricity runs through. They make it easy for everybody especially the elderly, disabled, and children to get around without having to have a car. Trolleys like the interurban trolley that runs through both Goshen and Elkhart Indiana are like buses that look like trolleys, their fees are small (interurban only costs $1.00 trip), they also may have lifts for people who have to use a wheel chair. This is better then some buses and trains as well as subways that may not have lifts for people who use a wheel chair and cost more then $1.00. Trolley companies such as interurban sometimes offer van services for people who are unable to ride the trolley but want the trolley service. Trolleys are usually quieter then buses, trains, and subways and also make less pollution. Of course the main advantages of trolleys is that it brings back the charm and traditions of "the old days".

Advantages of mass urban transit

There are many advantages to mass urban transit.

*One of the main advantages is that it saves the person taking advantage of it money that they would have spent on gas.
*It also helps save our planet by not putting so much pollution in the air due the lowing of cars on the street.
*Mass urban transit also can save people money by making it so that they do not have to buy a car because they can find other ways such as buses and trains to get to work, school, and anywhere else they have to go.
*Another way that it helps out our planet is that it saves on the amount of cars passing over our streets and roads which helps us to not have to repair streets as much as we do now which also helps with the amount of pollution in the air.
*Mass transit allows elderly, disabled, and children who can not drive yet the freedom of being able to go where they want when they want without having to rely on someone else to drive them.
*Mass transit also makes more land available for productive uses because it limits the need for more and more parking lots since most people will not have a car to park there.
*Because there will be less cars on the road people will be able to get to their homes, jobs, and schools a lot sooner because they will not have to wait in traffic as much.

Mass transit is helping us in more ways then one and the more people that start utilizing this important tool that is at our finger tips the more benefits we will see from it.

Growth in mass urban transit

Urban mass transit has grown in the last century. Is it the growing price of gas? Maybe, but most likely it is the combination of both the growing price of gas and also a more concern for the environment. People everywhere are realizing the effects that pollution from cars has on our planet this is causing them to realize that maybe it is better to ride a bus or car pool to work to save both our planet and their pockets. In the last century mass transit has grown especially in the urban areas. Places like Chicago who has the second largest transportation industry have defiantly seen a growth in the amount of customers they have had in the last 10-11 years alone. Right now they have 1.7 million riders. The reason they have been able to get this many riders is because they have made riding on a bus or train as comfortable as possible. Mass urban transit is already growing and will continue to grow as the price of gas and the concern for our environment rises.