City Discontinues Trolley

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 4, 2008 4:10PM

Another victim of the new City budget seems to be the city's free trolley system. The system, a big hit among tourists (88 percent of riders are out-of-towners), was put in by Mayor Daley after a trip to San Francisco in 2000. Initially funded by a federal congestion-relief plan, the city took over payments for the trolleys in 2004. Almost a million people have ridden the trolleys in 2008. The last day of service will be January 4, 2009 and is expected to save the city about $1.7 million.