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People keep saying that the street car will be worthless, but I simply don't buy it. It connects all of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city, where the
by zjaffee 8y ago
People keep saying that the street car will be worthless, but I simply don't buy it. It connects all of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the city, where there have been increasing large amounts of effort around economic development within the areas that these places connect, where it will massively increase the value and in turn ability to build real estate along the waterfront, as one of the key determiners of land value in NYC is access to transit.
- cc439 8y agoWhat does a streetcar do that buses (or articulated buses) can't if they're provided the same traffic priority?
- repolfx 8y agoTrams run on metal rails because steel has a much lower rolling resistance than rubber, and suffers less wear and tear. So you can carry more people more frequently with less maintenance.
- acjohnson55 8y agoTo me, the problem is poor connectivity to the rest of the train network.