AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Decarbonizing cities, brings a new urgency to install and maintain Trolleys. The run on electric wires and can be supplemented by batteries to withstand severe temperature fluctuations.. San Francisco Uses the, Cambridge wants to decommission then, they’re in Use in Washington and Oregon and Dayton, Ohio. Devotees love them and insist they’re green and intend to modify them to withstand temperature extremes. NYC had the Third Ave El, a trolley system built in 1880’s and lasting through the 1930’s +in many areas. My Dad remembered putting Pennies on the track as he and the other kids ran and hid, watching from afar , when the train got stuck. That was the extent of “ juvenile delinquents “ in the early days of the 20 th Century! Fun fact,