Trolleybus 🚎
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A trolleybus — the electric bus that draws power from overhead wires, representing a clean public transit technology that predates modern battery electric buses by over a century. Trolleybuses combine the zero-emission benefits of trams with the routing flexibility of buses (they can move slightly off the wire path).

Cities like San Francisco, Vancouver, and Zürich maintain trolleybus systems as reliable, quiet, emission-free urban transit. Used for electric and sustainable transportation discussions, public transit history and technology, city transit system posts, and the growing conversation about electric public transportation as urban areas transition away from diesel buses.