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Our buses used to be a lot smaller, but then, we had more streetcars
By adamg on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 10:36am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
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Somewhere in East Boston?
Judging by the architecture of the house. Where exactly is beyond me.
Not Eastie
It's got to be on the green line somewhere
Not all streetcar lines were connected to today's Green Line
Doesn't have to be the Green Line
They've used those types of streetcars in Eastie in the past. I'm sure they've used that type of architecture in other parts of the city as well though, so it's entirely possible that it isn't Eastie.
Yes
Streetcars were everywhere.. it wasn't until the late 40s and 50s when many trolley routes were converted to trackless trolleys, and then buses.
I know there's a picture somewhere of all the lines prior to busitution, somewhere online. Too busy to search google to find it. But it does exist.
everywhere
Keyword is everywhere. Here's a map of the trolleys at the turn of the century.
How sad
How many trillions of dollars would it cost to recreate that trolly system today?
(Answer: About the same amount as we've spent on meaningless middle east wars.)
Beacon Street, near Boston
Beacon Street, near Boston University
or the Mills section of Dorchester
P and East Broadway South
P and East Broadway South Boston
Dudley and Greenville
The building to the left is still there.
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It's Not Unlike A Bus From My Childhood
Our city had two, competing bus lines running on parallel streets!
Zoom and enhance
Front and side of trolley: http://s4.postimg.org/5cgldztrh/UPHAM5883.jpg
Looks like "UPHAM" and "5883" or maybe "5993"
Small buses
If we can make them into big buses, then articulated buses, we can run them at 1/4 the frequency that we used to.
Everyone wins, right?
(this actually reminds me of Basel, where streetcars rule, drivers are guests, and small buses handle the hilly parts)
where streetcars rule,
It's enough to make you despair of living, am I right?
Did I mention the bikes?
Cyclists are everywhere, too. I loved seeing these 80 year olds crank it up the hill where I was staying.
It is also great fun to watch people in very high end Mercedes products wait patiently for the streetcars to load up and then move two blocks and repeat.
No despair, just inspiration.
It is also great fun to watch
They've obviously lost their will to live.
The Answer
Thanks for playing folks! This is the corner of Dudley and Burgess Streets in Dorchester. The date is June 20, 1933