The new DC streetcar system is getting closer to reality –
revenue service should start later this year on the first segment – and DDOT
has a neat new website (here) to keep up with the news.
DC is planning a 37-mile system which will fill in major
gaps in Metro coverage and will also stimulate economic development in key
corridors. They are really doing
this the right way. The new
streetcar lines are being designed and built in coordination with the Great
Streets program, which lines up plans and resources to accelerate
redevelopment.
The DC plan is ambitious and seems right on target. What is not as ambitious as I would like to see is the fact that the
37-mile system is a “30-year vision.”
This is a national problem, not a DC problem, but why is this not a
10-year vision? (Mayor Villaraigosa
had the right idea.)
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