• dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        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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          1 year ago

          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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            1 year ago

            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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              1 year ago

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

              We aren’t a rich country.

              • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                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