A tourist trolley, also called a road trolley, is a rubber-tired bus (usually diesel fueled, sometimes compressed natural gas), which in the United States is often made to resemble an old-style streetcar (pre-PCC streetcar style). As they are not actual trolleys, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) refers to them as "trolley–replica buses", for clarity.[1]
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Use
Tourist trolleys are used by both municipal and private operators. Municipal operators may mix tourist trolleys in with the regular service bus fleet to add more visitor interest or attract attention to new routes. In many cities tourist trolleys are used as circulators. A circulator operates a simplified route limited to popular destinations on a fixed schedule with a reduced or free fare.[1] Tourist trolleys are also run by private operators to carry tourists to popular destinations.
In San Francisco, tourist trolleys mimic the city's famous cable cars.
Operators
Notable operators of tourist trolleys:
- Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority – 'Dillo Routes in downtown Austin, Texas
- Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority – Bayliner Route in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania
- Gray Line Worldwide
- Kingston Citibus in Kingston, New York
- Montgomery Area Transit Service – Lightning Route Trolleys in Montgomery, Alabama
- Pace – circulator in the Chicago area
- Red Rose Transit Authority – circulator in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island Public Transit Authority – Providence LINK in downtown Providence, Rhode Island
- VIA Metropolitan Transit – VIA Steetcar in San Antonio, Texas
- Ollie the Trolley in Scottsdale, AZ circulator in Downtown Scottsdale
Manufacturers
Dupon Trolley Industries - Gillig Corporation
- Optima Bus Corporation
See also
- Trolleybus
- Heritage streetcar
- Duck tour, the use of an amphibious vehicle for sightseeing purposes
- Trackless train, a kind of road train for tourists, often with a look of steam locomotive
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