Shannon Skinner (she/her) on Nostr: If anyone tries to argue that a light rail system in a 100k population town would be ...
If anyone tries to argue that a light rail system in a 100k population town would be unfeasible, just remember towns like Bellingham, WA, where I live already had an extensive electric trolley system in 1891 that was replaced in 1938 by exhaust-spewing diesel buses in favor of car culture.
The orange lines on the map indicate historic trolley lines that extended from Fairhaven 3.5 miles north to Bellingham and 4.5 miles out to Lake Whatcom.
#LightRail #CarCulture #BellinghamWashington #History #Transportation #PublicTransportation #Trolley #ClimateChange
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