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Montgomery mayor urges council to rename Confederate, racist monuments
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Old Cloverdale carves out street space for walkers; more areas may follow
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Commerce Street walking tour: Join Richard Bailey on Saturday for insights into Montgomery
The Montgomery Advertiser 1/21/2021 Shannon Heupel, Montgomery Advertiser
When Richard Bailey walks across Montgomery, he carries a deep insight into the city’s history that could only come from giving walking tours here since 1985.
But his connection with theses streets goes back even further.
“I’m a former newspaper carrier,” Bailey said. “You learn how to walk real fast, but on these tours I don’t walk fast. I always pace myself, based on the interest of the audience… We keep it moving so that nobody gets bored.”
Alabama was home to world’s first electric trolley system
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
In the 1880s, the world relied on horses as the most effective means to get from one place to another. As cities grew, wagons clogged downtown streets and people searched for a more efficient means of travel. When cutting-edge public transportation technology was developed, Montgomery, Ala., would be become the site of the world’s first electric trolley system.
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World s First Electric Streetcar Route
The technology was developed by Charles Joseph Van Depoele, a Belgian-American inventor. Capital City Street Railway system, known locally as the Lightning Route, debuted in 1886 to much fanfare.