L.A. May Bring Streetcar Back
Public officials in Los Angeles are floating ideas to bring back its historic downtown streetcar.
"Momentum for reviving the iconic streetcar appears to be building, thanks to a new plan aimed at enlivening the historic Broadway theater district. Fourteenth District City Councilman José Huizar, who is heading the Bringing Back Broadway initiative to turn the corridor into a shopping and nightlife destination, said the Red Car is a key component of that effort."
"Experts have put the cost north of $60 million. Still, Huizar hopes to have it designed, funded and operational within a decade."
"'The streetcar revival will be great for Bringing Back Broadway and is important for Downtown,' Huizar said. 'It will provide a historic connection between Broadway and the great new developments in our urban core, and will help the business owners on Broadway because it will literally deliver people to their doorsteps. Other Western cities have benefited greatly from streetcar systems, and the same will be true here.'"
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Actually, this is a revival of the *yellow* cars
http://295bus.blogspot.com - Adventures & Opinion in Transit
The red car/PE system sticks in LA's urban folklore better, but the core city was served by it's own system, which this project would mimic.
But maybe historical transit knowledge is making a comeback:
http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com/2007/08/some-love-for-yellow-cars.h...