World Wide Wednesday: Streetcars Named Desire

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.

This week, reader Spire Skyscraper offers a compendium of articles on new streetcar/light rail projects traversing the US.

• Minneapolis is studying a streetcar revival (Daily Reporter)

• In Dallas (Dallas Observer), Tuscon (KWST) and Tampa (Tampa Business Journal), the revival has funding

• In Portland (Oregon Live) and New Orleans (Daily Comet), the more the merrier

• Charlotte’s streetcars will be a year late (Charlotte Business Journal)

• But in the mean time, they’re breaking ground on Honolulu’s light rail system  (Progressive Railroading)

• While Detroit receives funding for a new downtown light rail line (The Detroit News)

• Atlanta searches for a little extra to fund a transit museum (WABE)

• Finally, opponents try to stop Cincinnati’s streetcar plans in their tracks (Cincinnati.com)

Photo by mod as hell

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