TOURIST TROLLEY

A 'Tourist trolley', also called a road trolley, is a rubber tired bus (usually diesel fueled, sometimes compressed natural gas) made to resemble an old-style pre-PCC streetcar. Tourist trolleys are becoming increasingly popular in cities large and small. 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 sightseeing destinations.

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See also

★ Trolleybus

★ DUKW or "Duck", a World War II-era amphibious vehicle now often used for sightseeing purposes

★ EMTA, operates tourist trolleys as part of their Bayliner Route in downtown Erie

★ RIPTA, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, which operates a tourist-trolley line in downcity Providence called the Providence LINK

★ Trackless train, a kind of road train for tourists, often with a look of steam locomotive

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1. Pace circulator bus routes