The last of the electric-powered trackless trolleys that have carried passengers over the roads of Cambridge, Watertown and Belmont for more than 80 years will make their final runs Saturday night, as ...

A veteran of WWII, Richard Parker grew up in Pawtucket, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, and moved to New York, working in the New York advertising world. He now lives in South Kingstown.

We often say, around here, variations on “There is nothing new under the sun.” This 1950 United Electric Railways trolley photo from our archives proves it. Note this is a trackless trolley, riding on ...

CityDig: The Trackless Trolleys of Laurel Canyon Los Angeles later earned its reputation as a car city, but in the early 20th century it was a laboratory for innovative transportation technologies. In ...

__1882: __Ernst Werner von Siemens tests a demonstration "trackless trolley" in a Berlin suburb. The innovative device pulls electricity from overhead wires, but runs with road wheels, not on rails.

News came this week that Blackrock BLK, the biggest money manager in the world, is investing $118 million in a London-based startup intending to produce and sell electric municipal buses and ...

MAYOR MARTIN O’Malley’s West Side Strategic Plan includes a recommendation for a light rail line on Baltimore and Fayette streets, linking the west side with the rest of downtown. There’s surely need ...

1882: The Elektromote, the world’s first trackless trolley bus, is tested outside Berlin. Built by Dr. Werner von Siemens, the Elektromote featured two electric motors that used contact wheels to draw ...