Posted Mar 18, 2015, 10:27 PM
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SEPTA continues to be aggressive on the modernization front!
Sleek, Modern Trolleys Coming to Philly
"Philadelphia has the largest trolley system in the nation, a title it’s held since the 1970s. But the old-school tanks climbing up and down city streets look like relics from our parents’ (or grandparents’) generation. Trolleys along Baltimore Avenue in the Southwest are early-80s Kawasaki models; on Girard Avenue, the trolleys are actually reconditioned from the ‘40s.
In a few years, though, that’s going to change in a big way.
In an interview with Citified, SEPTA’s director of strategic planning and analysis, Byron Comati, said that a massive trolley fleet renovation is on the horizon. “Once the Key system is done, the next biggie that has complications will be trolley modernization,” Comati said. “It’s a transformational project. You do this once in a generation.”
http://www.phillymag.com/citified/20...cl68P0bCHqA.99
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