I love riding trollies so I was really excited to hear about the midday trolley downtown . Tomorrow's editorial page will comment on the new trolley that the city's rolling out. We almost always like it when the city tries out ideas for downtown that have proven successful elsewhere -- provided they replicate the projects accurately. It's common for government to say it's following a successful idea, but then the designers decide to take shortcuts here and there. Before you know it, it's like a copy of a copy that bears only a shadow of a resemblance to the original. When it fails, they're just scratching their heads, wondering what happened.

The recent effort to take downtown workers to the Tower District died for lack of riders, and that's unfortunate. Thankfully, folks didn't give up on the idea and now the city's trying out a downtown version. We hope it works. Trolleys add charm to the urban experience, they keep cars off the streets and offer real convenience.

Unfortunately, The Bee's block isn't on the route so it won't be a regular treat for the employees here. I'd be interested in how they formulated that route, since there are several hundred folks on this one block with the post office, the IRS and a few dozen small businesses. Maybe if it works on the central core, they'll branch out a little bit.

I'm anxious to know your experience, so if you try it out, let us know how it worked for you. What was good and what could be improved? We want this to succeed and it will only happen if folks speak up.