Many gleeful news reports on this topic -- they're up to 5 recent accidents, the latest being a trolley running into a historic home:
https://billypenn.com/2023/07/28/septa-bus-trolley-crash-philadelphia-transit/
Sounds as if a 'Safety Culture' is not in place on SEPTA
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
"“They’re built very sturdy, 30,000 tons of steel, about 40-year-old cars that have been very durable and reliable,” Sauer told 6ABC"
Editing is a dead art
OK, the question is how does a trolley hit a house? Lousy reporting as well as no editing
BEAUSABRE OK, the question is how does a trolley hit a house? Lousy reporting as well as no editing
At least this incident was all in the family:
https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/montgomery/4-hurt-when-dui-septa-worker-hits-trolley-with-mercedes-police-claim/
CSSHEGEWISCHNote that it was a trolley bus. It may had enough momentum to jump the curb and hit the house after it de-wired.
This one was a streetcar.
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Sounds as if there is no Safety Culture on SEPTA.
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