CLEAN ELECTRIC TRANSIT.
MANAGED TOURISM.
SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.
HISTORIC TROLLEY PRESERVATION.
MISSION & VISION
An electric battery-powered, zero emission tourism trolley to service the Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment footprint, while also including historically underserved Red Hook communities. A generational opportunity to bring back Brooklyn's trolleys as a tourism vector in support of all local businesses.
OBJECTIVES
Mitigate the 400-600 vehicles inbound per hour to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
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Reduce pollution in District 38 as mandated by Our Air Our Water Act
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Reach historically underserved Red Hook communities
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Bring tourism dollars to outlying Brooklyn businesses
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Create a local hop-on-hop-off commuter solution
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Preservation and restoration of historic Brooklyn fleet
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STEM partnership with neighborhood schools
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Become vital part of growth and visitor appeal of Brooklyn / Red Hook waterfront
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Promote local history and civic pride
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A more transit-oriented, less car-dependent city
A roster of both replica and refurbished historic trolleys with AC and WIFI, and all ADA compliant.
TROLLEY FLEET
Single-Truck, Semi-Convertible Enclosed Trolley
Length: 30 feet • Width: 8.5 feet • Height: 13 feet
Weight: 24,400 lbs • Max Speed: 30 mph • Seating: 24 seated, 22 standees
BROOKLYN TROLLEY DODGERS
Trolley cars were the basic public transportation in Brooklyn for much of the last century. Indeed, the Brooklyn Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, so named for Brooklynites leaping aside from oncoming trolley cars.
The first urban light rail system began operations in New York City in 1832—two years before Brooklyn was incorporated into a city itself—as a small, boxy car pulled by horses over rails embedded in the street.
By the late 1880's electric generator and motor technology was a viable power source for streetcars, and in 1890 the City of Brooklyn opened the Coney Island Avenue line. Beginning in the 1920's, however, the trolley companies (all privately owned) began to be challenged by expanding automobile ownership.
In the 1930's the Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) was formed to solve the problems of urban transit but unfortunately, the progress in streetcar technology came too late to save New York City's trolley lines. On October 31, 1956, the last three trolley lines in Brooklyn ended their run.
WELCOME ABOARD
Today, as we face the problems of energy conservation, air and ground pollution, and traffic congestion, numerous municipalities that retained their trolley systems are now looking to expand them, while others have found funding to build anew.
Help us bring back the only working trolleys in New York City and create a new clean transit and visitor attraction in Brooklyn. Ding-ding!
SAY HELLO
