Comments on: First DC Street Cars Begin Journey From the Czech Republic

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:51:57 +0000

american cars are less expensive than european cars.

By: Tom A.

Tom A. — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:09:32 +0000

Michael- great post! but who no \Streetcar!\ link?

By: UrbanOtter

UrbanOtter — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:47:25 +0000

Right! Because roads magically build themselves for free, of course.

By: whoa_now

whoa_now — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:55 +0000

EPF,

That is the type of thinking that keeps the circle of oil dependencing going…the first point is valid..not sure how utilities under the road have been accounted for..maybe routes on streets that have nothing beneath them..the second point is what I hate to hear..Public transport in the worlds capital should be better…this is one way to improve it..the other involves VA and Maryland…

By: EPF

EPF — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:49 +0000

MPHS – True. I feel like the city is constantly tearing up the street every winter to fix busted water lines. I couldn’t imagine what would happen if streetcar tracks were laid on top. While my street seems quiet and quaint, it is a big commuter route out to Maryland. I don’t think any of those commuters will be taking the trolley. You just can;t get them out of their cars so you might as well plan for them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:31 +0000

harry,

the buses replaced the street care lines, now the street cars will replace the bus lines. its pretty logical.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:10 +0000

Funny how many of the proposed routes duplicate the traditional DC streetcar routes that were trashed in the 1950s and 1960s: the Georgia Avenue/7th St. line (#70); the H Street/Benning Road (10, 12), Rhode Island Avenue (82), Florida Ave./Calvert Street/8th St. NE/SE (#92) lines, etc. In fact, in many cases the tracks are still there, just paved over, and could probably be un-covered and used again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:14:04 +0000

It’s good to know that NAB will not be riding on our nice new streetcar system.

By: voiceofreason

voiceofreason — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:33 +0000

The Brown line goes up and down Columbia Road, even though it’s a one way street for much of that route. Guess they’ll open it up to 2-way traffic?

By: mphs

mphs — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:30 +0000

Someone must have dropped a mirror; 7 more years of torn up streets in Columbia Heights.