dustojnikhummer comments on A simple solution at cost of minor aesthetic changes

[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (5 children)

9 trolleybus lines, 3 of which I know have about 1/3rd without trolley wires at the end so buses go on battery/diesel

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Santiago has 300 hundred lines of bus. all of them potentially serviceable by EBs.

Even if we electrified the main corridors, we would still need a lot of buses able to run the entire length of the rout independently.

and Santiago being Santiago that kind of infrastructure would be damaged on riots or something.

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[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Okay? Doesn't mean Trolleybuses aren't the best compromise. Infrastructure costs money, so lets make the same argument about roads shall we?

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 0 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

we have private hways so the state doesn't have to pay as much.

We aren't a rich country.

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[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Then privatize your local public transport. That is how it works in many of my country's cities. Networks are usually only half owned by the city government

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago*

is half privatized already, but is heavily subsidized.

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