Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is not one of the places people think of when they are choosing a destination, but if you are looking for a destination that has a unique historically background then this is certainly something to decide on. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has one of the most magnificent bus systems in the country, which have come out of one hundred years of public transportation dating to the immense trolley system that existed until 1960.
Beginning in 1882, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, established a street-car system that over the years developed into the main mode of transportation in the city.
It was in World War II that the trolley transportation of the city felt a huge boom in production and usage. However, that dropped off in the fifties until finally all the trolleys were dismantled and buses took over the main lines. Today, it is the bus that covers the landscape of the city, moving in the places where the trolleys once roamed.
But don't be disappointed because many of the buses are still in the style that the trolleys were. It is there that a bus tour is definitely a great trip around the city. After Johnstown, Pennsylvania, paved the main street, Roxbury avenue, buses took to the streets in the exact positions the trolley had been.
Another of Johnstown's most appealing facts is that the majority of the streets in the city are one-way. This makes for an incredible journey on the path of historic railways. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is a must for anyone seeking a historic journey through the history of trolleys and buses.
