The San Diego Historic Class-1 Streetcar Restoration Project

02/15/2018

Seattle Group Wants to Bring Back Historic Trolleys

Seattle Group Wants to Bring Back Historic Trolleys

Streetcar nostalgia is alive and well in the Emerald City.

09/19/2017

Here's where Dallas will build a new subway and streetcar line

Dallas will build a new subway and streetcar line - Dallas News http://ow.ly/VXnK30fheF3

This post will be updated as additional information becomes available. After years of debate the Dallas City Council moved one step closer...

06/07/2017

A Trolley And A Dream: Texas Border City Aims To Boost Ties With Mexico

http://ow.ly/tvMw30cp7Wr

As President Trump looks to wall off Mexico, El Paso and other cities move to strengthen economic and cultural collaboration.

06/02/2017

Eight Streetcars Planned In U.S. Cities That Could Break Ground By 2020

8 U.S. cities betting on streetcars http://ow.ly/SKrF30cgE4B

The slow-moving streetcars are more about spurring development in new parts of the city than providing fast transportation options.

04/18/2017

Enough With the Gondolamania Already

Enough With the Gondolamania Already - Streetsblog http://ow.ly/GrSp30aWJ57

In American cities, gondolas have mainly served as a distraction from bigger problems facing urban transit systems.

04/04/2017

Astoria Riverfront Trolley - Wikipedia

If a city of 10k can do it, why not a city of 1.4 mil? Historic streetcars connect'g Gaslamp, Balboa Park, Uptown http://ow.ly/55CI30azsKa

The Astoria Riverfront Trolley is a 3-mile (4.8 km) heritage streetcar line that operates in Astoria, Oregon, United States, using former freight...

12/31/2016

Who killed LA's streetcars, according to 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'

Fact or Fiction: Auto industry moguls conspired to kill LA's streetcars? http://ow.ly/VICd307zvCn

L.A.'s streetcar system was the envy of the world in the early 20th century. But who really killed off the network so that cars could rule the roads?

10/06/2016

Choose Parks and Schools, Not One or the Other - Voice of San Diego

San Diego's Michael Stepner and Howard Blackson propose a way to both keep SD High School and restore the park http://ow.ly/PkKi304W93z

Measure I is about whether to allow San Diego High to remain in Balboa Park, forcing voters to choose between education and recreation. But there...

09/15/2016

The Case for Taking the Trolley for More Than Your Work Commute

The Case for Taking the Trolley for More Than Your Work Commute - Thrillist thx to http://ow.ly/nu2Z304g59j paul jamason

And the neighborhoods you should take it to.

09/14/2016

After Epic Struggle, the Cincinnati Streetcar Is Finally a Reality |...

After Epic Struggle, the Cincinnati Streetcar Is Finally a Reality | Streetsblog.net http://ow.ly/NxMr304d9Ce

What a long, difficult journey it’s been for streetcar advocates in Cincinnati. After battling an extremely hostile state government, the project...

08/30/2016

The Stitch: An ambitious proposal to build parks and housing above The...

Freeway cap projects in the news - Atlanta is calling their's the "Stitch," SD hopes to "Heal the Gash" http://ow.ly/FEFu303JBg3

An alliance of neighborhood boosters and downtown landowners is pushing an ambitious new proposal, bearing an estimated price tag of $300 million....

08/02/2016

Kansas City Streetcar Drawing Crowds in First Three Months

http://ow.ly/YDNx302Rjcf

With weekend riders leading the way, the Kansas City Streetcar is surpassing ridership expectations three months into its existence.

07/08/2016

Faulconer, Jacobs again tout Balboa Park extreme makeover

There is a better plan that accomplishes the parking, the pedestrian orientation, and so much more without disfiguring Cabrillo Bridge: Extend the park with a freeway cap over I-5 to reconnect the park with DT, build 2 levels of parking underneath (Rob Q says it can be done), put Ron Roberts gondola terminus station on top, and Christian Chaffee's class-1 spreckles streetcars as people movers from the parking to the Plaza. Everybody gets something. Much can be done around Park Blvd / FL Cyn too, especially with the SDHS lease expiring - can keep SDHS but with mitigation for use of park land. Go to the Heal the Gash Facebook Group and ask to join. http://ow.ly/1XIi3022cTq

Ladies and germs, we’ve jumped forward to the past, to a land once thought abandoned after the previous mayor, otherwise odoriferous, did one thing...

07/04/2016

Thriving tram networks in Toronto and Melbourne | Letters

Thriving tram networks in Toronto and Melbourne | Guardian http://ow.ly/rST8301UUJU

Letters: The survival and expansion of Toronto’s trams, on a continent enamoured with the private automobile, casts doubt on Christian Wolmar’s...

06/18/2016

Downtown San Diego Mobility Plan – to Council June 21st - San Diego...

Downtown San Diego Mobility Plan – to Council June 21st (via Bill Keller) http://ow.ly/yJ7C301nT0u

After months of discussion and several revisions, the Downtown Mobility Plan goes to the San Diego City Council on June[Read More...]

06/11/2016

Many Americans Live Near Transit, But Few Live Close to Good Transit |...

Many Americans Live Near Transit, But Few Live Close to Good Transit | Streetsblog.net (but SF #1, NYC #2) http://ow.ly/VIyH3019eI8

In major American cities, most people live close to some type of transit service, but buses or trains that run every 15 minutes or less are much...

06/06/2016

National City Development Is Walkable, Close to Transit ... and Still...

How parking undermines transit - a National City CA example http://ow.ly/aZuq300Z58s

If ever a housing development was ripe to cut down on parking spaces, it would be National City’s Paradise Creek. Yet a push from the city to...

06/03/2016

State threatens to close Atlanta streetcar

State threatens to close Atlanta streetcar - AJC http://ow.ly/GEyY300S5XS

State regulators have threatened to shut down Atlanta’s troubled streetcar unless the city resolves a slew of problems outlined in recent audits.

05/14/2016

Reminder: Just Laying Track Is No Guarantee Riders Will Come |...

A look at the difference between successful and not-so successful new streetcar projects. http://ow.ly/qbIM300cfjx

A slate of new rail projects — mostly mixed-traffic streetcars, but that’s not the only way to mess up — are attracting embarrassingly few...

05/05/2016

Story of cities #29: Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal'

Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal' - Guardian http://ow.ly/4nsrSi

When LA was stripped of its beloved streetcar in the 1960s, the city was quickly thrust into a traffic-clogged world of private cars and diesel...

05/03/2016

8 lessons about great transit I learned riding the Paris Métro

http://ow.ly/4nogjY

Paris has one of the world's great subway systems. Beyond its truly impressive coverage and service quality, here are eight wonderful details about...

04/15/2016

Celebrate 25 Years of Old Trolley Barn Park this Saturday, April 16 | UHCA

Be sure to stop by Trolley Barn Park in University Heights this Saturday for a 25th Anniversary Celebration! There will be lots of great activities for the whole family. Plus, there's never really a bad day to take in the sun at this excellent public space. Details at the link below.

University Heights Community Association located in San Diego, California

04/11/2016

Transforming Union Station from a transit hub to an urban destination

How Metro plans to reinvent Union Station from transit hub to urban destination - LA Times via Jonathan P. Bell
http://ow.ly/10x5py

On busy mornings, thousands of travelers pass through Los Angeles Union Station, rushing toward the Metro subway and pushing suitcases across...

04/09/2016

How SANDAG Worked The Media On Transportation Plan

How SANDAG Worked The Media On Transportation Plan - KPBS http://ow.ly/10te0B

The San Diego Association of Governments spent a half million dollars on outside consultants to craft a media strategy to help win support last...

03/22/2016

"Heading For Chula Vista" by Ken Eberts

03/22/2016

Seattle Celebrates Early Rollout of Light-Rail Expansion

http://ow.ly/ZP3N7

Plus a British commission urges a fast track for London's Crossrail 2, and more in our weekly New Starts.

03/19/2016

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Downtown San Diego Before & After Freeway Gash http://ow.ly/ZGVRc

03/18/2016

Latest San Diego growth & development headlines

http://ow.ly/ZGbvj

Expert business coverage of San Diego County's growth and development, including the latest in commercial real estate.

03/18/2016

The Role of Highways in American Poverty

The Role of Highways in American Poverty - The Atlantic
http://ow.ly/ZGaNW

They seemed like such a good idea in the 1950s.

03/16/2016

Seattle’s S.L.U.T. streetcar causing a stir

Seattle’s S.L.U.T. streetcar causing a stir

Officially, it’s the South Lake Union Streetcar. But in the neighborhood where the new line runs, it’s called the South Lake Union Trolley — or, the S.L.U.T.

03/15/2016

Boston shouldn’t derail Mattapan trolley - The Boston Globe

op-ed: Boston shouldn’t derail Mattapan trolley - The Boston Globe http://ow.ly/ZumAr

Once you pull up those tracks, you’re going to regret it.

03/08/2016

Art of the Open Air

SD Urban's latest round up of urban neighborhood design happenings http://ow.ly/ZetaA

The San Diego Museum of Art installed several sculptures in Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama last month for their “Art of the Open Air” exhibit, and I...

03/03/2016

County Supervisor Ron Roberts proposes gondola skyway for San Diego

Gondola downtown to Balboa Park = transpo but historic streetcar = transpo + street activation. http://ow.ly/Z1RA3

Supervisor Ron Roberts said, I think the skyway will be done before the stadium.

03/01/2016

A Few Red Cars Will Return to LA

A Few Red Cars Will Return to LA

The Red Cars will be part of the redesigned Ports O' Call Village in San Pedro.

02/25/2016

Will Congress Keep TIGER Going? | Streetsblog.net

Will Congress Keep TIGER Going? | Streetsblog.net http://ow.ly/YJ77D

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced this week that U.S. DOT is seeking applications for $500 million in TIGER grants — the eighth round...