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At present there is no domestic manufacturer of streetcar propulsion systems. The propulsion system represents about 20 percent of the total cost of a vehicle. The FTA will fund 80 percent of the $3-million project, with a local match of $600,000.
Read More →Grant was part of $1.5 billion TIGER Award from the U.S. DOT. It will expand the historic New Orleans streetcars through the city’s central business district, a corridor that is home to significant commercial and business activity.
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Bombardier Transportation and the City of Vancouver are co-sponsors of the 1.1-mile Olympic Line where Bombardier is operating two BOMBARDIER FLEXITY streetcars. Free service will be provided 18 hours a day, seven days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21.
Read More →The environmental assessment and preliminary engineering work, which is under way, is slated to be completed in summer 2010.
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Read More →Bombardier will operate the streetcars as a free service, 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21, 2010. The vehicles are on loan from the Brussels Transport Company STIB.
Read More →Coalition supports bringing service to Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax counties.
Read More →Projects to include streetcars, buses and bus facilities. FTA plans to announce grants early in 2010.
Read More →The First Hill line will be the second modern streetcar line in Seattle following the Sound Lake Union Streetcar line, which opened December 2008.
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University and Tucson officials say the project addresses the need to connect some of the city's major centers, and will benefit students, local residents and visitors without further aggravating traffic.
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