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A Guy Named Brian (he/him)“Denver’s most known commercial corridors — Tennyson Street, South Pearl, South Broadway, Colfax and more — are destinations today because of that urban planning effort 100 years ago.So there’s a little irony here …that the old rail has been exposed by an effort to improve transit in the city.”<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusRapidTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BusRapidTransit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BRT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streetcars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Denver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Colorado</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UrbanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UrbanHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://denverite.com/2025/01/06/colfaxs-streetcar-tracks-brt-construction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://denverite.com/2025/01/06/colfaxs-streetcar-tracks-brt-construction/</a>

Neil E. HodgesWhat if <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> just ran the City Center Connector <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=streetcar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcar</a> line down Third, maybe with a branch up to Lower Queen Anne/Uptown? Then the <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=RapidRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RapidRide</a> D Line could skip Belltown and LQA entirely to improve its speed and timetable reliability. Maybe even run the streetcar in center lanes shared with buses since it's a <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> corridor already. :3c(Yes, I know about the trolley wire issue. I'm sure something could be figured out.)<a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=tram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tram</a> <a href="https://f.kawa-kun.com/search?tag=trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trams</a>

Tom Fucoloro<a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/11/13/cm-saka-budget-proposal-would-create-plan-to-end-service-on-slu-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CM Saka budget proposal would create plan to end service on SLU Streetcar</a><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/center-city-transit-stp.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>Seattle’s <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/about-us/seattle-transportation-plan#transitelement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">official 20-year plan for transit</a>, which the City Council approved in the spring, shows streetcar connections to the South Lake Union line as well as along 1st Ave to Lower Queen Anne and SoDo. There are no other streetcar additions in the plan, and even the Broadway extension is no longer included.The future has become even bleaker for the low-ridership South Lake Union (“SLU”) Streetcar line as Transportation Committee Chair Rob Saka has proposed funding a plan for how to wind down and end service on the line. The budget changes would no actually end service, but they set the stage to do so as early as next year’s budget. The action could set up the city to finally make a decision about the streetcar once and for all.<a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/08/20/seattle-decided-9-years-ago-to-kill-the-slu-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">As Seattle Bike Blog argued in August</a>, Seattle decided in 2015 to make the SLU streetcar a dead end when SDOT chose RapidRide bus service on the Fairview/Eastlake/Roosevelt corridor rather than a streetcar extension. The streetcar line’s operating budget sits at $4.4 million per year to serve about 500 weekday trips on average. Ridership peaked in 2017 before SDOT added transit-only lanes to Westlake Ave to coincide with expanded King County Metro bus service along much of the streetcar’s route. In my previous post, several SLU transit riders said they just hop on whatever comes first, a bus or the streetcar. The under-construction RapidRide J line will further improve bus transit service in the SLU neighborhood when it begins operations as early as 2027. So even those 500 daily riders would likely not be stranded without the streetcar. <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/07/op-ed-neighbors-feel-loss-of-deleted-route-20-bus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metro just deleted the Route 20 bus</a> with little fanfare, for example, and that deletion (as well as other bus route changes and deletions) had a bigger negative impact on access to transit than closing the SLU Streetcar would.Additionally, construction for the South Lake Union light rail station is expected to shut down SLU Streetcar service for eight years, so it makes sense for Seattle to decide sooner than later whether the city sees a future for the streetcar beyond that construction. If the city wants to preserve service they could <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/12/rob-saka-pushes-to-decommission-the-south-lake-union-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">build 2,000 feet of additional track</a> to bypass the Link station closure, but that would only make sense if we are committing to this thing long-term. If not, then we may as well get the tracks out of the roadway and focus on creating efficient bus pathways. Removing or covering the tracks would also eliminate major hazards for people riding bicycles around the neighborhood, preventing injuries and improving bike circulation within the neighborhood. Removing the tracks may even lead to more new bike trips per day than the streetcar would carry if it kept operating in its current state. The only possible future for the SLU streetcar line would be to connect to the planned Center City Connector streetcar (AKA “Culture Connector”) through downtown along 1st Avenue and Stewart Street. However, construction on that line remains stalled, and it has a huge funding gap. <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/06/23/downtown-streetcar-plans-would-make-1st-ave-stewart-more-dangerous-for-biking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seattle Bike Blog has also voiced serious concerns</a> about bike safety along the planned route. As Councilmember Saka noted in <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/is-seattle-ready-to-put-south-lake-union-streetcar-on-chopping-block/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an interview with the Seattle Times</a>, “The only viable path I see for ever doing that one would be to create a public-private partnership at some point.” Councilmember Bob Kettle has proposed removing the Center City Connector from SDOT’s capital improvements list, an amendment Saka supports.The Downtown Seattle Association (“DSA”) pushed back against the proposal to kill the SLU Streetcar line, <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/12/rob-saka-pushes-to-decommission-the-south-lake-union-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arguing to the Urbanist</a>, “We’re seeing more residents, workers and visitors in downtown and now is not the time to take existing mobility options off the table. […] With looming major transportation projects like Revive I-5 impacting our network’s capacity, we need to ensure the transit modes we already have downtown are functioning optimally, safely and a providing great experience.”Seattle Subway has also created <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-seattle-city-council-do-not-kill-the-slu-streetcar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an online petition to save the streetcar</a>, arguing:<blockquote>While the SLU Streetcar suffers from low ridership, it is widely attributed to the lack of connectivity rather than anything inherent to streetcars. We cannot fix the design mistakes of the past, but we can certainly make improvements. SDOT ridership <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SDOT/Streetcar/2022_Streetcar_Operations_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">figures</a> for 2022 put SLU streetcar at 500 daily riders and First Hill streetcar at 2,500 daily riders, with ridership trending upwards since the pandemic. By SDOT’s own <a href="https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2024/01/19/seattle-streetcar-culture-connector-delivery-assessment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">estimate</a>, the proposed Culture Connector extension would attract 28,000 daily riders, making it more popular than the busiest bus line in the city. This city council also called out the Culture Connector as a key improvement in their own <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SDOT/STP/STP_Part_I.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seattle Transportation Plan</a> which they passed in April. Rob Saka himself <a href="https://council.seattle.gov/2024/04/23/seattle-city-council-unanimously-passes-seattle-transportation-plan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said</a> at the time, “It’s time we commit to our transportation goals and give them [SDOT] the resources they need to succeed. That’s what this plan is all about.” They are now prepared to go back on that commitment.</blockquote>The SLU Streetcar was initially funded by a LID in the area as a way to encourage development of the area into the business and tech hub it is today. So from that perspective, it was a huge success. But as a transit service, not so much. I worry about transit supporters taking the L off someone else’s forehead and putting on their own. Providing effective transit service was not the primary force behind this particular streetcar, so transit folks should not feel like this is something they need to own. The SLU Streetcar is a simulacra of a good transit system, but Metro’s bus system is an actual good transit system. The most important transit priority is to make sure the city builds more bus priority improvements in the area, preserving and improving on the bus-only lanes created when the RapidRide C extended into the area. Perhaps Metro buses could even reuse of some of the streetcar infrastructure like the transit-only pathway along Valley Street. The worst case scenario would be for the streetcar to be removed without any effort to improve bus service.While the SLU Streetcar’s future certainly hinges on the Center City Streetcar, is the inverse also true? The city’s 20-year plan for transit calls for a 1st Ave Streetcar that connects Seattle Center/Lower Queen Anne to Pioneer Square and the First Hill Streetcar on Jackson Street as well as a 1st Ave extension into SoDo. Would some or all of this line be viable without the SLU connection? Perhaps rather than removing the Center City Streetcar from the capital projects list, Council could add questions to its request for a SLU Streetcar wind down plan about what impact such an action would have on a possible Center City line. This would give the city one more year to give the Center City Streetcar the proper public debate it deserves. Let’s lay out all the facts and options, and then make a damn decision.If businesses and developers want to foot the bill for both the Center City and South Lake Union streetcar lines, then I’m sure city leaders will shift to support them. Otherwise, well, you may want to make an effort to go out of your way to ride the thing at least once before it is shut down so you can say you did it and buy that clever t-shirt on sale at Pike Place Market.#SEAbikes #Seattle

555-dial-a-gay<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/zurich?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zurich</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tram</a> line 4. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/transit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/streetcars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a>

Heliomass📺 “A Dutch Guy rides Toronto’s Trams” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo5Mp5cu-6Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo5Mp5cu-6Y</a>Definitely one of the things which makes me jealous of Toronto. If only Montreal had kept its tram network as well, we might be in a better place today.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toronto</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trams</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a>

Tom Fucoloro<a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2024/08/20/seattle-decided-9-years-ago-to-kill-the-slu-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seattle decided 9 years ago to kill the SLU Streetcar</a><a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/rsc-vs-brt.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>These tables were <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SDOT_Roosevelt_HCT_OpenHouse_Boards_FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">part of the city’s process in 2015</a> to decide whether the high capacity transit line on Eastlake and Roosevelt should be a rapid streetcar (RSC) or bus rapid transit (BRT).The South Lake Union Streetcar broke down Friday, August 9, and nobody even noticed until King County Metro and SDOT sent out <a href="https://kingcountymetro.blog/2024/08/13/south-lake-union-streetcar-service-suspended-while-crews-address-power-issues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a press release</a> about it the next Monday. Like, I searched through social media posts and could not find a single person mentioning issues riding the streetcar line the entire weekend that it was out of operation. Perhaps even more damning for the line is that Metro and SDOT are not even running any kind of replacement service while the streetcar is out of commission, noting that riders are served by existing service on Routes 40, 70 and RapidRide C. The thing that baffles me about this line is that people keep acting like the city needs to decide what to do with it when Seattle already made this decision nine years ago. The RapidRide J project was initially proposed as an extension of the streetcar from its odd terminus in the middle of Fairview Ave N north to Roosevelt Station, but Seattle decided in 2015 to make the project a bus line instead. The ongoing <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/transit-program/transit-plus-multimodal-corridor-program/route-40---transit-plus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Route 40 Transit-Plus project</a> was also once vaguely envisioned as a streetcar line (complete with a new Ship Canal crossing), but is now a set of bus reliability improvements. The time to fight for the streetcar happened a decade ago, and the streetcar lost. <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/priority-corridors-2012-vs-2016.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>The streetcar lines from the <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/31367ata.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2012 Seattle Transit Master Plan (PDF)</a> are missing in the <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TMP2016CH32.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2016 TMP update (PDF)</a>.Around the same time, SDOT made a smart decision to add transit-only lanes to Westlake Ave so Metro could extend the RapidRide C line through South Lake Union along much of the streetcar route. It was an effective and low-cost way to dramatically improve transit service in the neighborhood, but it also made the streetcar even less necessary. Many riders using the shared bus and streetcar stops just hop on whichever comes first because level of service matters far more than what kind of wheels the transit vehicle has.These days, the SLU Streetcar carries an average of 494 weekday trips, <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/south-lake-union-streetcars-shut-down-for-many-weeks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Seattle Times reported</a>. It costs $4.6 million per year to operate, though advertising helps offset some of that. That operating cost would be fine if the ridership were strong because transit shouldn’t be expected to make a profit. But 494 weekday rides does not justify that level of ongoing investment. For contrast, the First Hill Streetcar carries a healthier 3,598 trips on an average weekday, though it also has higher annual operating costs. The First Hill line seems to be filling an actual transportation need while the SLU line does not.Keeping the SLU line alive is a classic case of Seattle indecision. It’s connected to the city’s years of indecision about the downtown streetcar project, which remains stalled due to a $93 million budget gap. Worse, indecision like this can be very damaging to a community because streetcar supporters have reason to keep fighting for it so long as it seems that there’s still a chance. I don’t blame them because the vision of a European-style network of streetcars is genuinely appealing and seems like a vision worth fighting for. But even if the city built the downtown streetcar, there are no plans whatsoever to expand the network any further. We’d still just have one oddly-shaped line for the foreseeable future. The <s>20-year Seattle Transportation Plan and</s> 8-year levy proposal does not include any additional streetcars. (CORRECTION: As David commented, I missed that the STP does include streetcar extensions north and south on 1st Ave beyond the current design.) These are decisions Seattle has already made.The streetcar needs to go big or go home, and Seattle has firmly decided not to go big. Shutting the line down is not an easy decision. There will be costs associated with shuttering it, especially if they do so responsibly by removing or filling in the unused tracks so they do not injure bike and scooter riders. It would also be a shame if the mayor and council used the budget savings to plug the general budget gap rather than investing it in other transit improvements or plans. When the mayor decided to shut down Pronto Cycle Share, the city directed the bike share expansion budget to go to bike lanes on 4th Ave and Pike and Pine Streets downtown instead. Those investments softened the blow of losing our public bike share system, which coincidentally <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/02/04/pronto-needs-city-buyout-before-end-of-march-how-did-we-get-here/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">was also a victim of Seattle indecision</a>. Maybe the SLU Streetcar funds could go to exciting projects to speed up the Route 8 bus or early planning for Seattle-led light rail extensions, laying the groundwork for investments the city can feature in the next Seattle Transportation Benefits District vote due in 2026. I don’t know, I’m sure transit planners and advocates have ideas here. There needs to be some kind of organized effort to create a positive exit plan for the funds because this latest shutdown has made the SLU Streetcar an even bigger target for the City Council as they head into what will likely be a very tough budget season. “Given the low ridership numbers of the South Lake Union line, does it make sense to continue that investment?” Transportation Committee Chair Rob Saka <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/should-seattle-keep-funding-the-lightly-used-south-lake-union-streetcar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said to the Seattle Times last week</a>. “I don’t have a strong answer yet, but I will definitively be scrutinizing that.”Perhaps a private company would want to buy the SLU streetcar. Councilmember Saka suggested a “public-private partnership” as a possible way forward. A private company already owns and operates the Seattle Monorail, so maybe there’s a future where something similar happens with the streetcar. Amazon has invested in the streetcar line in the past. Do they like it enough to buy it? Do they want to invest in the downtown extension? Do we as a city even want this level of private transit ownership?My support for the streetcars evaporated after <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2019/08/12/four-years-later-city-settles-with-man-terribly-injured-following-streetcar-track-crash/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daniel Ahrendt was horribly injured</a> and <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/06/21/memorial-walk-for-desiree-mccloud-highlights-her-life-puts-streetcar-lines-under-scrutiny/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Desiree McCloud died</a> in separate crashes on the First Hill Streetcar tracks. The city has made some bikeway improvements since to mitigate some of the dangers, but especially on Jackson Street many issues remain. The design plans for the streetcar tracks on both First Avenue and Stewart Street <a href="https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2016/06/23/downtown-streetcar-plans-would-make-1st-ave-stewart-more-dangerous-for-biking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">are also insufficient from a bike safety standpoint</a>. I wrote extensively about what it would take to make the plans safe, and the project team did not address the issues. I won’t be sad when the city finally declares the project to be dead. I know reading this is probably a bummer for some of you. It’s a divisive issue among folks who should otherwise be united in the fight for walking, biking and transit. If the SLU Streetcar and downtown plans die as seems likely, I hope streetcar supporters out there can find a positive way to move forward and continue their dedication to advocating for better transit in our city. 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WillowPortland Streetcar 🚊015 (broken) for sale this was the first locally-built streetcar when United Streetcar began licensed production of Ŝkoda-Inekon Elektra 10T <a href="https://www.govdeals.com/asset/9/16427" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.govdeals.com/asset/9/16427</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pdx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pdx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trams</a>

legofwoofus<a href="https://toot.pizza/@Jzimbabwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Jzimbabwe</a> I haven’t personally done that, but the GoPass FAQ says you can.<a href="https://pass.dart.org/asked#accordian0_3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pass.dart.org/asked#accordian0_3</a>Hope you have a good time in Dallas! Check out the M-Line vintage <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> too (aka the McKinney Ave <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trolley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trolley</a>). Fun and free to ride.

Otis WhiteAs St Paul MN considers <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> options for its important W 7th St, it’s a reminder that we really don’t understand the purpose of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> … and how they are different from, say, BRT, conventional buses or light rail. What’s clear is we like the idea of them. But that affection fades pretty quickly if the streetcars don’t offer results. So … what is it we expect streetcars to do that other forms of transit can’t? <a href="https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2024/02/will-the-long-discussed-west-7th-streetcar-project-move-forward-in-st-paul/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2024/02/will-the-long-discussed-west-7th-streetcar-project-move-forward-in-st-paul/</a>

Daigoro ToyamaIt's been a while since I rode the trams in Amsterdam, but IIRC they don't have dedicated lanes. Yet they're very successful. Right? <a href="https://infosec.town/tags/Streetcars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streetcars</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-01/hey-streetcar-critics-stop-making-perfect-the-enemy-of-good" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-01/hey-streetcar-critics-stop-making-perfect-the-enemy-of-good</a>

🇨🇦syncrosBeautiful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snow</a> coming down last night in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toronto</a> so I went out to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photograph</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ttc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ttc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> of course. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photowalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photowalk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torontophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torontophoto</a>

Heliomass📖 “Hell on wheels: the Edinburgh Trams Story” <a href="https://benhopkinson.substack.com/p/hell-on-wheels-the-edinburgh-trams" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://benhopkinson.substack.com/p/hell-on-wheels-the-edinburgh-trams</a>I’m simultaneously sad that my years living in Edinburgh were pre-tram, but glad I missed the years of construction chaos whilst the network was being built.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trams</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>

Militant PedestrianToday, the HistoricNYC account on Instagram posted a stunning photo from the top of the Flatiron Building, showing old streetcar tracks that ran in front of the building. I posted an excerpt from one of my transit maps in progress from the same perspective and offered a brief history of these streetcar lines. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyhN4E0PTLP/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/CyhN4E0PTLP/</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transitmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transitmap</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nyc</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newyorkcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newyorkcity</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/manhattan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manhattan</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transportation</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/historictransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historictransit</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transithistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transithistory</a>

Daniel Howard 🌻Like building cities in a sandbox is fine. But the itch. The itch is to experience a degree of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>. There was a version of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SimCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SimCity</a> where like subways didn't unlock until 1950. I'd love a city builder where you puttered along in some eras before moving along to hte next. And the eras might differ by georegion. The native tribes settle, develop agriculture. Press a button or unlock the Colonizers. Do that game for a while, before you get to like the Industrial Age. Unlock railroads. And transition into modernity. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Streetcars</a> ... <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Subways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Subways</a> ... <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buses</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Automobiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automobiles</a>.

Heliomass📖 “The Roger Rabbit Theory” <a href="https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/857/8570c2732e3e29957281533910ea239efadf2110.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsletters.feedbinusercontent.com/857/8570c2732e3e29957281533910ea239efadf2110.html</a> /by <a href="https://urbanists.social/@straphanger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@straphanger</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/trams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trams</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a>

Jonathan HazanLook at these streetcars in Seattle! So many different public transportation modes in one city <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seattle</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a>

Kevin StewartWhat's a good resource for learning about the street car system in <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/BellinghamWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BellinghamWA</a>?<a href="https://subdued.social/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransit</a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/StreetCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StreetCars</a>

NothingEspeciallyClever<a href="https://urbanists.social/@straphanger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@straphanger</a> I'm inclined to believe <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> / trams are the answer to a lot of questions. Urban areas are also tend to breed fewer MAGAs. Go figure. <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

🚲Not sure what the crossover is like between urbanists and abstract game players, but Streetcar Suburb, a solid game with a light urbanism theme, has been added for online play at <a href="https://play.abstractplay.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://play.abstractplay.com/</a>. I’m really enjoying exploring this one. <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BoardGames</a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Urbanism</a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/Streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Streetcars</a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/AbstractGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AbstractGames</a> <a href="https://social.ridetrans.it/tags/StreetcarSuburbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StreetcarSuburbs</a>

Angus MacPhersonWish list for tomorrow morning:1: trucks start painting bus only lanes on Dufferin, etc. 2: place rush order for remote priority signal boxes on all street car routes. 3: immediately remove all parking on streetcar routes 4: expand the king street pilot to all streetcar routes 5: mandate adding bike lanes on all roads within 4 years<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onpoli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetcars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toronto</a>

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