Re: Wellington NZ Trolleybyuses

[David McLoughlin <davemclNOSPAM@iprolink.co.nz>]

Alex Campbell wrote:
> 
> David McLoughlin wrote:
> 
> > Alex Campbell wrote:
> >
> > > Consultancy work is underway to look at what the overall trend is with
> > > trolley bus
> > > systems world wide to help determine the future of the Wellington system.
> >
> > Fortunately for this, if they genuinely look overseas as they did with
> > the Steer Davies Gleave report of 1990/91, they will find that most
> > cities with trolleybuses are now buying new fleets and in some cases
> > expanding their fleets and route kms.
> >
> > San Francisco. Dayton. Athens. Vancouver. Arnhem. Esslingen. Solingen.
> > Salzburg. Various French cities. Quito. Shanghai. Naples. And so on and
> > so forth. But I don't see much of this reported in the Wellington media.
> > I must try to counteract this  <g>.
> 
> Any information you can provide on this I will pass onto the consultants as I am
> in contact with them from time to time.

Apart from anything else there is Richard de'armond's trolleybus website
which has a continuously updated list of new trolleybuses orders and
news of developments in many places.

http://www.members.home.com/dearmond/

He also runs a mailing list that has frequent info on trolleybus
developments.

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand