METRO BRIEFS

Metro makes SmarTrip upgrade New Orleans streetcars return CTA planning hybrid bus acquisition

HDR receives Cincinnati streetcar contract

Firm will study feasibility of using streetcars to link riverfront and downtown business district with adjoining neighborhoods.

METRO Briefs

Lessons from Hiawatha's First-Year Success Story

With 2005 ridership at about 8 million, the success of the Hiawatha Light Rail line in Minneapolis after one year has exceeded expectations. How smart urban planning and state-of-the-art technology have contributed to the line's popularity.

Optima delivers to Midwest, eastern operations

Each operation took delivery of one American Heritage Streetcar, rounding out each fleet with three streetcars apiece.

New Orleans reopens streetcar line after 40 years

The line's 24 new red streetcars closely resemble the Perley Thomas models used on the city’s first streetcar lines.

New Orleans streetcar project receives $21.6 million

The project includes constructing over five miles of track and designing the new streetcars, which will closely resemble the historic cars that ran on Canal Street until 1964.

Transit board to take over Charlotte Trolley

Transit officials in Charlotte, N.C., will take over Charlotte Trolley operations, buy new streetcars and remodel a maintenance garage for an expanded trolley fleet.

New Orleans reintroduces streetcars

For the first time in two generations, New Orleanians who live beyond the core of the city's well-traveled St. Charles Avenue tourist loop will be able to hop on a streetcar destined for the more residential slices of the city.