Revitalizing Downtown: Dayton

[Metro Jacksonville]

Revitalizing Downtown: Dayton



Metro Jacksonville takes a brief tour of downtown Dayton and learns about the Greater Downtown Dayton Plan.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2012-nov-revitalizing-downtown-dayton

[Noone]

Nice. Like the facade on the tattoo building #109. Noticed some parking meters. Thoughts on how that's handled?

[vicupstate]

Very nice building stock, especially in the Oregon district. 

[jaxlore]

very nice.

[fsujax]

are they running electric buses? i noticed overhead catenary lines but no track.

[tufsu1]

^ Looks like they may be running some trackless trolleys....the lines appear to go into the new transit center

[thelakelander]

They have a trolley bus system.  It didn't appear to be in operation during my recent visit but it didn't appear that they were removing them either.

The Dayton trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving Dayton, in the state of Ohio, United States. Opened on April 23, 1933, it presently comprises seven lines, and is operated by the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, with a fleet of 54 trolleybuses â€" or trolley buses (two words), the common American English spelling of the term.

One of only five such systems currently operating in the U.S., the Dayton trolley bus system is the current manifestation of an electric transit service that has been operated continuously in Dayton since 1888 â€" longer than in any other city in the United States. By the 1970s, Dayton was already the smallest U.S. city still operating a trolley bus system. For both of these reasons, the city's trolley buses are locally considered an icon of Dayton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Dayton