A Guide to Philadelphia's Transit: Of Potential and Frustration

Welcome to the finale of my introduction to public transit in Philadelphia, and it's here where we talk about the humble workhorses of the city, the busses and the trolleys. Yes, we still have trolleys, and they are legitimately some of the best transit you will ride on. Both of them are slated for big updates going into the coming years. One of them is doing quite well, and the other is... struggling... for a while...

It's a system with a fascinating history, an intriguing if frustrating present, but a hopeful future, and it's worth looking into to see the transit that makes the City of Brotherly Love tick on the day to day, where it's strong, where it's weak, and where it can become an example for the world the way that the Eagles did. Go Birds.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:15 The Systems of Discussion
2:30 The Hidden Jewel of Philly: The Trolleys!
3:15 The Subway Surface Lines (T Lines)
6:42 Route 15 (G Line)
9:40 The Suburban Lines (D Lines)
13:00 The Bus Network in General
18:11 A Failed (Bus) Revolution
18:43 The Two Special Services: The Boulevard Direct and the LUCY
21:24 The Buses You'll See Here
22:55 A Failed Experiment with Battery Buses
23:34 Philly has Trolleybuses!
24:32 Riding on the Buses
25:29 The Future of the Buses?
26:25 Connections to the South: DART First State
28:29 Connections to the East: NJ Transit Buses
30:12 The NJT River Line: Rebirth of the Interurban?
33:07 Conclusion

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