This looks pretty cool. Always good to see private enterprise taking advantage of this kind of need.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=b32449a1-1c54-44e2-872e-395b71b691a0
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New trolley service will keep the party going
Edited by: Sharryn Harvey
Email: harvey@kjrh.com
Last Update: 3/08 1:33 pm
The Brook Restaurant on Brookside A new trolley service will carry party-goers safely between Tulsa's entertainment districts.
Anheuser-Busch and T-Town Trolley will offer free rides between Brookside, Cherry Street and downtown's Blue Dome district beginning next week.
The trolley will run every Friday and Saturday and is free for everyone.
The Brookside Business Association says there will be two stops in Brookside between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m.
The service starts Friday, March 14.
Ha! I called for this ages ago, glad to see it coming together. That will be HUGE for Brookside when the BOk center is up and running. Pull a trolley up and offer to take people to Brookside and back or the other way around (eat at Brookside, get a ride to your event, and a ride back to enjoy a drink).
i like this but more than 2 stops please
make it continous
Already been done once.....I would say at least 7 to 10 years ago....It ran a constant loop....
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Originally posted by hoodlum
i like this but more than 2 stops please
make it continous
I took it to be "stops at two places" not comes twice. If it came twice in 5 hours it is not of much value and tons of people will get stranded. It would just seem odd, what does the driven to in the interim - sit somewhere for an hour... drive from Brookside to Cherry street... sit for an hour...
I would rather pay a dollar or two for continuous than have it run twice for free.
i thought this was just for St patrick's day weekend.
that is surely what it means
2 stops in brookside not 2 stops total
momentary lapse of intelligence on my part
I didn't click the link, is this Blake Lund's trolley?
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Originally posted by Conan71
I didn't click the link, is this Blake Lund's trolley?
I thought he sold his
It was his as of late last year, but this may be a new owner as the old website and myspace run by blake has been pulled.
I think there was some huge expense for a motor he wasn't able to justify.
via Tulsa's Young Professionals...
Free trolley system arrives in Tulsa
On March 14, Tulsa will join Oklahoma City and Edmond as the state's third city to operate a trolley system. The trolley will be free to ride – unlike the other two systems – however, each passenger will need to redeem a token from one of the bars or restaurants along the trolley route.
The free trolley will run from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. The T-Town Trolley currently has seven stops throughout downtown and Brookside, one stop every half hour. It will hit Sharkies, the Empire Bar, the junction of 3rd & Elgin, McNellie's, 18th & Boston, Jewel and the Crow Creek Tavern. Additional stops on the route are planned for the future.
"Tulsa's Young Professionals pledges its full support to this initiative," TYPros Chairman Shane Fernandez said. "The addition of a trolley system will give people a new reason to visit our venues as well as advance Tulsa's development into an urban city filled with vitality and energy. It will help us showcase Tulsa as a cool place to live, work and play."
Please help TYPros show its support for this new privately funded project and attend the official T-Town Trolley press conference at McNellie's, featuring Mayor Kathy Taylor and John Bolton, the General Manager of the BOK Center. Stay for a trolley tour and refreshments.
You also won't want to miss the official launch party for the trolley system at McNellie's on Friday. Be one of the first to hitch a free ride to some of Tulsa's hottest night spots.
Press Conference
March 13
10:30am
McNellie's Public House
409 East 1st
T-Town Trolley Launch Party
March 14
9:00pm
McNellie's Public House
Game Room, 2nd Floor
409 East 1st
Free appetizers will be provided.
Trolley will begin running at 9:30pm and run until 2am.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
via Tulsa's Young Professionals...
The free trolley will run from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. The T-Town Trolley currently has seven stops throughout downtown and Brookside, one stop every half hour.
Not a very clear press release. "One stop every half hour." Presumably this means you'll never have to wait longer than 1/2 hour for a ride from any stop... (I hope!)
Great concept. In the future, I hope they will run longer...starting at happy hour and running until close. (Maybe the Tulsa Geezer Professionals could sponsor the earlier time frame!)
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
via Tulsa's Young Professionals...
Free trolley system arrives in Tulsa
On March 14, Tulsa will join Oklahoma City and Edmond as the state's third city to operate a trolley system. The trolley will be free to ride – unlike the other two systems – however, each passenger will need to redeem a token from one of the bars or restaurants along the trolley route.
The free trolley will run from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. The T-Town Trolley currently has seven stops throughout downtown and Brookside, one stop every half hour. It will hit Sharkies, the Empire Bar, the junction of 3rd & Elgin, McNellie's, 18th & Boston, Jewel and the Crow Creek Tavern. Additional stops on the route are planned for the future.
"Tulsa's Young Professionals pledges its full support to this initiative," TYPros Chairman Shane Fernandez said. "The addition of a trolley system will give people a new reason to visit our venues as well as advance Tulsa's development into an urban city filled with vitality and energy. It will help us showcase Tulsa as a cool place to live, work and play."
Please help TYPros show its support for this new privately funded project and attend the official T-Town Trolley press conference at McNellie's, featuring Mayor Kathy Taylor and John Bolton, the General Manager of the BOK Center. Stay for a trolley tour and refreshments.
You also won't want to miss the official launch party for the trolley system at McNellie's on Friday. Be one of the first to hitch a free ride to some of Tulsa's hottest night spots.
Press Conference
March 13
10:30am
McNellie's Public House
409 East 1st
T-Town Trolley Launch Party
March 14
9:00pm
McNellie's Public House
Game Room, 2nd Floor
409 East 1st
Free appetizers will be provided.
Trolley will begin running at 9:30pm and run until 2am.
Add the Colony as a stop and I'd pay a generous monthly rate!
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Originally posted by jne
Add the Colony as a stop and I'd pay a generous monthly rate!
That'd be sweet. Elliot's bar too. It should be on the route.
One thought, they should still sell tokens. What if you want to park in brookside and then ride downtown? You need to go have a drink before you can ride?
I think Blake ran one of these, sponsored by a beer company, back in 2000/03. I hate to be Debbie Downer, but its huge wear and tear on these Trolleys that don't hold up well to drunks and fraternity parties. Insurance companies absolutely hate them and refuse to insure them unless they are a regular route or single payer charters. Most operators lie about the reality of their party busses and the first time a claim is made they get cancelled. Even Bill White tried to run a route for lunch crowd downtown and gave it up.
I hope it works and it sounds like there is more support than Lund's trolley had which also ran Brookside and Cherry Street.
So do you have to eat and drink first then go eat and drink somewhere else in order to get back?
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Originally posted by TheArtist
So do you have to eat and drink first then go eat and drink somewhere else in order to get back?
That's how I read it.
The release is not entire clear, but I have seen it before where you had to buy a $5 token to ride. That token was then good at any of the sponsoring bars. Perhaps that is what they mean?
Not sure, but we can all agree it is a step in the right direction.
And JNE, I think I saw you standing outside picking some schtuff up. Black pony tail, second house in from the corner? I wanted to say hi but I didn't want to say "Hi, I'm cannon_fodder, from the internet" and be met with a totally blank stare if I was mistaken.
We still need to run down to the colony for a brew-ha-ha.
So, let me get this straight:
Lets provide a trolley service to take you from bar to bar, then drop you off at your car so you can drive home.
Someplace, that equation goes wrong.
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Originally posted by Wilbur
So, let me get this straight:
Lets provide a trolley service to take you from bar to bar, then drop you off at your car cab so you can drive be driven home.
Someplace, that equation goes wrong.
I fixed it for you.
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
The release is not entire clear, but I have seen it before where you had to buy a $5 token to ride. That token was then good at any of the sponsoring bars. Perhaps that is what they mean?
Not sure, but we can all agree it is a step in the right direction.
And JNE, I think I saw you standing outside picking some schtuff up. Black pony tail, second house in from the corner? I wanted to say hi but I didn't want to say "Hi, I'm cannon_fodder, from the internet" and be met with a totally blank stare if I was mistaken.
We still need to run down to the colony for a brew-ha-ha.
Holler any time if you see me out. Tell me you are the internet guy. I will give you a blank stare just for fun. It has always been a requirement of mine to have a bar within walking distance of where I reside, but I haven't been down there much lately - too many damn people. I'll buy you a beer one of these days.
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Originally posted by jne
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Originally posted by cannon_fodder
The release is not entire clear, but I have seen it before where you had to buy a $5 token to ride. That token was then good at any of the sponsoring bars. Perhaps that is what they mean?
Not sure, but we can all agree it is a step in the right direction.
And JNE, I think I saw you standing outside picking some schtuff up. Black pony tail, second house in from the corner? I wanted to say hi but I didn't want to say "Hi, I'm cannon_fodder, from the internet" and be met with a totally blank stare if I was mistaken.
We still need to run down to the colony for a brew-ha-ha.
Holler any time if you see me out. Tell me you are the internet guy. I will give you a blank stare just for fun. It has always been a requirement of mine to have a bar within walking distance of where I reside, but I haven't been down there much lately - too many damn people. I'll buy you a beer one of these days.
"I am your Fodder" in James Earl Jones voice...
really sorry to put that on there but I felt compelled
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Originally posted by Floyd
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Originally posted by Wilbur
So, let me get this straight:
Lets provide a trolley service to take you from bar to bar, then drop you off at your car cab so you can drive be driven home.
Someplace, that equation goes wrong.
I fixed it for you.
Whew! Glad that got straightened out. Thanks!
Has anybody ridden the trolley yet?
What happens if I want to take the trolley from downtown to brookside? Do I have to get a beer downtown so I can get a token for the ride to brookside.
Also, I've seen the website advertised twice recently in Urban Tulsa and both times I got a different error message.
www.ttowntrolley.com
Looks great on paper. Except they are gonna run outta affordable DIESEL before it really catches on.
The killer app? Golzern Pedicabs. (//%22http://www.golzernpedicabs.com/%22) Unfortunately, the City's Paratransit Ordinance will EAT his lunch.