Philadelphia Trolley Tracks:

Route 15 / Girard Avenue Trolley

 

Links to Route 15 Community Stakeholders

research by Eileen Byrnes 

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=7185  interesting quote from Wendy Green, SEPTA Community Relations
 
http://www.empowermentzone.org/whats_new/girard/gci_april03.pdf
http://www.empowermentzone.org/whats_new/girard/gci_june04.pdf 
http://www.empowermentzone.org/whats_new/girard/gci_sept04.pdf
 
http://www.fairmountcivicassociation.org/news.htm
 
www.shopgirardave.com  (their site wallpaper is a PCC!)
 
http://publicspaceforum.org/girardavenue/index.shtml 
http://publicspaceforum.org/girardavenue/resources/Girardplan_p1.pdf
 
http://www.heritagetrolley.org/planPhiladelphia2.htm  (Philadelphia Inquirer's Inga Saffron wrote a glowing article about Girard Ave, including trolleys)
 
http://citypaper.net/articles/112901/news.rail.shtml  stats on drop in ridership when 15 became bussed
 
http://citypaper.net/articles/2003-12-25/cityspace2.shtml (nice quote from SEPTA on light rail)
 
http://www.lisc.org/philadelphia/programs/coalition_6066/updates_6600/index.shtml  Considering the amount of money that is going into East Girard...
 
http://www.lisc.org/philadelphia/programs/coalition_6066/documents_7343/circulation_7355.pdf  People, cars and trolleys. Very interesting reading.
 
http://www.northeasttimes.com/2003/0521/trolley.html  (Route 56 information)
 
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