Mesa Receives $920K for 5-mile Streetcar Route Development
PHOENIX — Mesa received a $920,000 grant to manage the planning of 11 stations along a 5-mile streetcar route that would connect four activity centers,…
El Paso Streetcar is back
Starting July 29, the El Paso Streetcar will provide service every Thursday, Friday and Saturday to downtown and uptown events during the summer. The streetcar…
After Decades of Fighting and Freeways, Orange County is Finally Getting a Streetcar
As metropolitan areas around California were building urban rail systems over the last few decades, one was a notable holdout : Orange County. San Jose,…
Will Riders Return to the HOP?
For Jamika Bradford, The Hop streetcar is a perfect ride a couple of times a week to get groceries or visit downtown. “I think it’s…
Development, Rather than Ridership, a Measure of Success for Oklahoma City Streetcar
Mallory Carter watched with a smile as her son clung to a floor-to-ceiling pole aboard the Oklahoma City streetcar. Riding the electric streetcars — boasting…
Trail Blazer’s 50th Anniversary Streetcar Wrap Promo
Here’s an example of innovative cross-promotion and building community support. To celebrate the team’s 50th anniversary, a full-wrap was created for a streetcar. This video…
Streetcar and Transit Sponsorship Review – Portland Streetcar, Inc.
Portland Streetcar, Inc. (PSI) partnered with BERK Consulting to review best practices for private sector involvement—including sponsorship and advertising—on modern streetcar systems in North America….
‘Portland by Streetcar’ app offers behind-the-scenes tour of the city
Whether you take the Portland Streetcar to work or school, use it as a causal way to get around the city, or haven’t taken a…
OKC Streetcar Investment Impact Analysis
Public & Private Investment Success Within the three-block impact zone around the streetcar route, there has been more than $1.6 billion value in public and…
Brookville Restores El Paso streetcars
The first of six Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars dating to 1937 were returned to the west Texas city on March 19, following a detailed…
Concept to Reality – The Making of the Modern Streetcar – Portland Streetcar
This video recounts the development of the first modern streetcar system to be developed in the United States in the late 20th century, from its…
Congratulations to the Cincinnati Bell Connector
The City of Cincinnati and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority celebrated the Grand Opening of the Cincinnati Bell Connector Streetcar on September 9, 2016. …
Congratulations to Kansas City Streetcar
Members Kansas City, Kansas City Area Transit Authority and Kansas City Streetcar Authority celebrated the Grand Opening of the Kansas City Streetcar on May 6,…
The Streetcar’s Mobility Benefits Report
This document outlines the streetcar’s benefits in the context of the recent streetcar history, changing demographic and urbanization trends, and actual experience across the country….
Tilikum Crossing Fireworks Spectacular – Portland, August 22nd, 2015
On Saturday evening, August 22nd, 2015, TriMet presented a fireworks display in celebration of the upcoming opening of the Tilikum Crossing: Bridge of the People…
Light Rail and Streetcars – How they Differ, How they Overlap
APTA Report from October 2014 In October 2014 a joint effort of the Light Rail Technical Forum and Streetcar Subcommittee of the American Public Transportation…
2011 Streetcar Mobile Music Fest
September 19, 2011 One night in Portland, the local chapter of the New~Railvolutionaries teamed up with Women’s Transportation Seminar and PDX Pop Now! to combine…