Vehicle stats
- Manufacturer: Gillig LLC, Hayward, California
- Model: 35-foot Low-Floor Trolley. RTA's other trolleys are 30 feet.
- Capacity: 42 passengers -- nearly 20 percent more than other trolleys in the fleet
Trolley background
- Intoduced to Cleveland in April 2006
- Ridership in 2006: 381,038
- Ridership in 2015: 1,530,698
- Average daily ridership: 6,000
- Total ridership since introduction: 10,975,665
- B and E Lines operate 7 a.m.-7p.m., Monday-Friday
- Corporate/Civic partners provided for extended service in September 2012, adding the C and NineTwelve Lines to provide evening, weekend and special rush-hour service.
- RTA unveils new trolleys
Who rides the trolleys?
- Nearly half are under the age of 35
- Nearly a third are Downtown residents
- More than 70 percent have taken college-level classes
- Nearly 75 percent ride the trolley at least a couple of times a week
- Trolleys satisfy varying trip purposes
- About one-third ride to work
- 20 percent ride to school
- 20 percent ride to lunch
- 10 percent ride to shopping destinations
Trolley riders are safisfied customers, survey says
Trolley Ambassadors, 98 percent
Route/Stop Locations, 97 percent
Customer Communications, 95 percent
Overall Performance, 99 percent
Would you refer others? 99 percent said yes