This report is based on the Workshop on Trolley Bus Applications held in Seattle, Washington August 29-September 1, 1982. Chapter 1 provides a brief history of the trolley bus and its place in transportation. Chapter 2 offers some perspectives on the trolley bus as it reemerges as a transit alternative in large metropolitan areas. Chapters 3-6 summarize each of the meeting's topical sessions. Selected Materials include workshop reports on the topics of: Seattle's love affair with trolleys; the Dayton experience; Vancouver and the trolley bus; trolley coach applications in the 1980s: Toronto update; the trolley coach in Europe and other parts of the world; trolley bus development in Brazil; trolley bus economics; the trolley bus and the environment; trolley bus operations; the trolley bus and system design; freon-cooled choppers for trolley bus applications; a look at chopper systems; advanced technology for trolley bus systems; off-wire operation; modern trolley bus overhead contact lines; supervisory control systems; rebuilding Seattle's trolley overhead system.
Trolley Bus: Where It Is and Where It's Going
1983
74 pages
Report
No indication
English
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