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Should Seattle Extend Its Streetcar?
Like other cities that have built low-ridership streetcars, Seattle is facing a choice: keep throwing money at a mode of transportation that hasn't paid off, or stick with it in the hopes that more people will ride routes that connect more places.
July 2, 2018
Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
It only cost Toronto $1.5 million to clear cars off King Street and dramatically sped up streetcar trips for tens of thousands of people.
November 17, 2017
The Problem With America’s New Streetcars
The new wave of streetcars should be recognized for what they are: economic development projects, not solutions to the transit and transportation problems cities face today.
October 4, 2017
Toronto Has a Plan to Clear the Way for Streetcars Stuck in Traffic
Toronto's busiest surface transit route could get a big upgrade as part of a year-long pilot project -- if it clears the Toronto City Council this summer, where suburban interests have a history of rejecting transit initiatives.
May 15, 2017
Reminder: Just Laying Track Is No Guarantee Riders Will Come
Laying track isn't enough to build a successful transit system -- as some cities are learning the hard way.
May 12, 2016
Over Time, Will More Streetcars Get Their Own Lanes?
CityLab ran an article yesterday describing how Seattle’s new streetcar addition breaks the mold of its peers in one key way: It runs on dedicated lanes, rather than in mixed traffic.
September 24, 2014
Omaha Gets Serious About Transit
There are plenty of reasons why Omaha, Nebraska, isn't known for being a walkable, people-friendly city. It has one of the lowest bike commuting rates in the country. In a vote last year, Streetsblog readers crowned a location in Omaha as America's worst intersection.
April 24, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Hug This Streetcar
Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (now working with NRDC's crack transportation team) and I talk to Randy Simes in this week's podcast about the streetcar movement in Cincinnati -- and how they finally grabbed the long-elusive gold ring.
February 20, 2014