April 5, 1953 Philadelphia trolley route 65 on Old York Road and 6th and 7th Streets was abandoned without replacement in the first move to eliminate duplication of service by other routes. The route 65 abandonment permitted the city to clear 6th and 7th Streets to vehicular traffic to and from the Delaware River/Benjamin Franklin bridge. Trolley route 20 was extended north on Old York Road from 11th and Erie to Broad and Olney and trolley route 50 was extended south on 6th and 7th Streets from Snyder to Oregon.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 5, 1968 Pittsburgh's remaining PCC car routes and Chicago's rapid transit routes survived the riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 6, 1952 Detroit's Baker trolley route, the last to operate entirety with Peter Witt cars, was converted to bus operation.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Dennis M Linsky? On Fri, Apr 4, 2025, 7:10 AM Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote:
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