The city of Allentown used to have numerous trolleys. I believe they shut down in the mid 1950s. Though they do have buses, for the size and compactness of Allentown and adjacent Bethlehem, its public transit is not very good. Even more unfortunate (if one likes public accessibility) is that by a well known measure it is the single largest metro in the US (in terms of size and distance to other metros) that should have train service.
I definitely agree. The train tracks that used to run to Quakertown are now as walking trail. At one time a person could catch a train to Quakertown from Allentown, then a trolley to Springtown and other places. It would be nice to have that back again one day, or something similar in thinking.
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The city of Allentown used to have numerous trolleys. I believe they shut down in the mid 1950s. Though they do have buses, for the size and compactness of Allentown and adjacent Bethlehem, its public transit is not very good.
Even more unfortunate (if one likes public accessibility) is that by a well known measure it is the single largest metro in the US (in terms of size and distance to other metros) that should have train service.
I definitely agree. The train tracks that used to run to Quakertown are now as walking trail. At one time a person could catch a train to Quakertown from Allentown, then a trolley to Springtown and other places. It would be nice to have that back again one day, or something similar in thinking.