Riverside Avondale Night Trolley Launch This Weekend

[Know Growth]

I have not utilized the Trolley.I am not alone in this response.
I continue to access RA establishments pretty much exactly as I have for the past twenty years.Per usual, when accessing via vehicle I refrain from parking in adjacent neighborhood. This method does not require apps, nor driving,parking and then boarding a trolley,only to then return to private conveyance.

Indeed there are times when  traditional parking spots or establishment conditions become too crowded......my wife & I have developed a certain response .....we just skip it!!! Probably saved many hundreds of dollars in a relatively short time.

Could buy a really nice bicycle with those save bucks.That would make for three bikes.

Perhaps an age and generational thing. "Bar Hop" need not extend along miles long corridor,condensed in to one evening.I figure I'm hammering it pretty hard hitting three or four in one easy block.

[fieldafm]

Bumping this up.

Your support (by riding the trolley) this weekend is extremely important and very much appreciated.

[urbanlibertarian]

Here's a privately run nightlife trolley:

http://www.kctrolleytours.com/route.html

If JTA decides not to continue with this maybe an entrpreneurial solution would work.

[exnewsman]

Here's a privately run nightlife trolley:

http://www.kctrolleytours.com/route.html

If JTA decides not to continue with this maybe an entrpreneurial solution would work.

Whatever you do don't let Ock see this... he'll start mocking KC for their "trolley" too.

[Ocklawaha]

Why not just schedule a frequent bus and kill the gimmick? If BRT is, as Lake says, lipstick on a pig, then the JTA 'trolley' is lipstick and a tutu on a pig. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

why be an assho provocateur about a pretty good attempt to marry transit to urban solutions to commecial and entertainment growth in residential areas?  Just because its not an actual fixed trolley system doesn't make transit less important to urban needs, ock.

And many of us who you consider friends have worked on, supported, or believed in this experiment.

LOL Stephen. You apparently missed the first 7 words in my reply? Without trying to go into transit 101, a basic electric bus can be had for about the same price as the silly faux 'trolleys,' a new clean-diesel even cheaper. The electric bus runs on new high tech batteries and recharges at each stop with an induction system. It can be a true low floor, multi-door bus for quick easy loading and unloading and you don't have to paint it to look like a 1. trolley, 2. plane, 3. train, 4. automobile or 5. leprechaun. You don't need a trick pony to make this service unique and it don't have to be on rails, or monorail beams.

Make use of those transit dollars for transit, not plywood and ginger bread.

No tracks under these babies:

http://www.youtube.com/v/dp3_zUgD6KE?version=3&hl=en_US

http://www.youtube.com/v/lrnpvGyAX8o?hl=en_US

http://www.youtube.com/v/p4L20yc4JxE?hl=en_US

[MissMinda]

Do you have a list of which businesses have passes right now?

[fieldafm]

Do you have a list of which businesses have passes right now?

Grassroots, Mellow Mushroom, European Street Cafe, Bold City Brewery, Intuition, Silver Cow.

Let Them Eat Cake and Open Road Bicycles of Avondale should have gotten restocked this week.

[mtraininjax]

field - is this weekend restricted only to Riverside and Avondale or are the buses also going downtown too? TIA.

[fieldafm]

field - is this weekend restricted only to Riverside and Avondale or are the buses also going downtown too? TIA.

Riverside and Avondale only.

[jaxjaguar]

Is there a chance of the Downtown extension coming back anytime soon?

[fieldafm]

Is there a chance of the Downtown extension coming back anytime soon?

Ridership must stabilize on one route before another can be considered. A drop in ridership the last two months was not helpful. That's why this weekend and next month are critical to show that the previous two months were weather-driven anomalies.

Certainly appreciate everyone's support.  Beyond convenience and fun... there are many ancillary benefits of the trolley. It helps with circulation problems (less cars making unnecessary short trips which contributes to parking distribution problems), is a boost to neighboring businesses and helps to reduce drinking and driving.

[Tacachale]

Why not just schedule a frequent bus and kill the gimmick? If BRT is, as Lake says, lipstick on a pig, then the JTA 'trolley' is lipstick and a tutu on a pig. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

why be an assho provocateur about a pretty good attempt to marry transit to urban solutions to commecial and entertainment growth in residential areas?  Just because its not an actual fixed trolley system doesn't make transit less important to urban needs, ock.

And many of us who you consider friends have worked on, supported, or believed in this experiment.

LOL Stephen. You apparently missed the first 7 words in my reply? Without trying to go into transit 101, a basic electric bus can be had for about the same price as the silly faux 'trolleys,' a new clean-diesel even cheaper. The electric bus runs on new high tech batteries and recharges at each stop with an induction system. It can be a true low floor, multi-door bus for quick easy loading and unloading and you don't have to paint it to look like a 1. trolley, 2. plane, 3. train, 4. automobile or 5. leprechaun. You don't need a trick pony to make this service unique and it don't have to be on rails, or monorail beams.

Make use of those transit dollars for transit, not plywood and ginger bread.

No tracks under these babies:

http://www.youtube.com/v/dp3_zUgD6KE?version=3&hl=en_US

http://www.youtube.com/v/lrnpvGyAX8o?hl=en_US

http://www.youtube.com/v/p4L20yc4JxE?hl=en_US

Folks on this site are always telling us we should hit some singles instead of swinging for the fences every time (and often striking out). In this case, you seem to be decrying the incremental improvement because it's not a huge overhaul of the bus system. That's why it's hard your attitude is hard to understand.

[jaxjaguar]

Tried using the extra cards I bought a few months ago to take my buddies out tonight. Apparently they expire... That was embarrassing. Looks like we're driving     

[mtraininjax]

They are not supposed to expire. But cards sold in the 80s do have a shelf life, unlike the wit of some of the posters, er posers.

[fieldafm]

Tried using the extra cards I bought a few months ago to take my buddies out tonight. Apparently they expire... That was embarrassing. Looks like we're driving   

They dont expire. Are you sure you didnt already use those cards once before?