Streetcars making a comeback
From the Hartford Courant:
“All Aboard: Cities Bringing Back Streetcars”
Streetcars need to be reintroduced in Connecticut, and not just for nostalgia’s sake or touristy window-dressing.
Recent revivals of cutesy, historic trolley lines, where antique streetcars rumble down pedestrian malls and past historic Main Street architecture, have been successful far beyond what their supporters imagined. Cities around the world, but increasingly in North America, are rediscovering streetcars – the smaller railcars that often share streets with cars and buses – to be cheap, efficient and highly practical people movers.