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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

EarnestPutz

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1. This is nice to see, recycling (good) of public transportation (also good). The city bus system....

Reply to peppertree (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2022, 02:42 PM

May 2022

.....here in Spokane often sends retired city buses to Mexico. If the model of bus is no longer in service here, they fill the bus up with spare parts too. But here's an interesting factoid. The Shaker Rapid transit system outside of Cleveland, years ago sold a bunch of older train cars to Toronto. Toronto used them until they were replaced as obsolete. But then Shaker got these 1930 design, "PCC" cars back and used them again.

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San Diego Trolley equipment finds new life in Argentina [View all] peppertree May 2022 OP

This is nice to see, recycling (good) of public transportation (also good). The city bus system.... EarnestPutz May 2022 #1

Absolutely. peppertree May 2022 #2

Argentina enid602 May 2022 #3

Like all things Argentine (so it seems), it's complicated peppertree May 2022 #4