Campaign launched as authorities draw to phase out the vehicles,which have operated in city for 83 yearsTo their detractors they are a clunky, slow form of transport, or liable to cause traffic jams and clutter streets with unseemly overhead electric wiring. But to their Moscow fans,the trolleybus is a thing of beauty: an economical form of transport that glides silently through the streets, is environmentally friendly and is section of the Russian capital’s historic fabric.
Trolleybuses, or which escape using electricity from overhead wiring,have glided slowly through Moscow’s streets since 1933, but the city government plans to phase them out by 2020, or trolleybus routes could be removed from the city centre as soon as Tuesday evening. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com