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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2014

Plan to triple cost of riding S.F.'s historic streetcars proposed

The plan is just one of several revenue-raising proposals the San Francisco MTA is considering in its budget, but none of the other suggestions has drawn nearly the same amount of attention.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2013

Gondolas considered for Georgetown transit overhaul

Proposal is part of effort to better connect area with local transportation. Other plans include streetcars and changes to the university's shuttle system.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 4, 2013

M1 Rail to issue streetcars RFP by October

Contracts already awarded include URS Corp. for design work; HNTB Corp. to act as the owner's representative on the project; and Stacy and Witbeck Inc., to be the project's construction manager and general contractor.

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2013

Toronto Transit debuts longer streetcars

The air-conditioned, low-floor vehicles, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation, are nearly twice the length of the old Canadian Light Rail Vehicles and can accommodate 250 people.

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Newsby StaffJuly 17, 2013

Six streetcars to be purchased for Detroit project

Whether the Buy America-compliant streetcars will be on-wire or off-wire is still being explored.

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Newsby StaffJune 12, 2013

Portland, Ore.’s second streetcar begins service

It was produced by Portland-based United Streetcar. The manufacturer hopes to deliver the last of the six streetcars ordered by the city later this summer. Total costs for the prototype and streetcars are approximately $26.3 million.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2013

Blog: How a ‘red-state’ city became a transit leader

Salt Lake City, located in a conservative state, is the only city in the country currently building light rail, bus rapid transit, streetcars and commuter rail simultaneously. The lesson that other cities can learn from the city is to design a transit plan based on what people value about where they live.

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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2013

Streetcars may make comeback in Calif. city

The Oakland City Council approved a consultant contract to study the viability of an extended free shuttle route and electric streetcar system. Until 1958, the city had a streetcar system that brought passengers to ferries or commuter rail lines to San Francisco.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2013

ABB wins Toronto Transit contract

Installation of DC traction power supply equipment will enable agency operators to maneuver new, low-floor modern streetcars within the state-of-the-art maintenance and storage facility.

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Newsby StaffJune 28, 2012

D.C. explores privatizing streetcar, bus circulator

DDOT said the system would cost about $1.2 billion to build and equip with 50 streetcars, and about $65 million a year to operate. Operating and maintaining the Circulator buses would cost about $70 million a year.

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