An Electric Trip To The Past... And The Future

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Morgan Alexander

9 August 2005 - 10:00am

Are yesteryear's electric streetcars still a cost-effective transit solution today?

Morgan Alexander has started a lobbying campaign to persuade local leaders and the Regioanl Transportation Authority to return historic streetcars to Tacoma and, perhaps, surrounding communities.

"A streetcar, Alexander contends, doesn’t require the substantial track and underground reinforcement that light rail does.

Full Story: Adding streetcars not as crazy as it might seem

Source: Tacoma News Tribune, August 8, 2005

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Now, more than ever, Americans are clamoring to get out of their cars and have more transportation options than the car-centric approach first envisioned and deployed in the 1950s is providing.

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