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Hybrid LRV AmeriTRAM unveiled in Charlotte


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Horrible name. Seems like anything with the prefix Ameri tends to fail miserably.

 

Yes, share similar feelings.  But these knee-jerk naming conventions seem to be the norm in the highly politicized American transit/infrastructure world.

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Well, whatever it's called, it'd be great to see something like this spread to more cities. Seems like a good design. If I ever get to Charlotte (about 8 hours away by car), I'd like to check it out.

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I proposed the name here for our new bus system back in 1992 as Frederick Area Rapid Transit. I was shot down.It was felt that FART would be a bad acronym for the bus system.

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Mudkip Orange

Betcha it's quieter and smoother than that Skoda/Oregon Iron Works thing they're building out northwest.

 

I liked the convenience of the Portland Streetcar but that thing is LOUD. Horrible screechy noises too, not the oldschool hum of a PCC.

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