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this streetcar brings desire

tue, 14 oct 2014 09:54:33 +0000

meet the streetcar! dc streetcar will revitalize the public transportation system in the district. as lines continue to develop in the coming decades, so will dc.

cherie gibson of the district department of transportation says the streetcar will stimulate development and rejuvenate economically depressed neighborhoods (such as the h st ne corridor), based on the overwhelming success of portland and seattle streetcars serving as development-oriented transit.

proximity to streetcars will increase property values by $10-15 billion, according to gibson. the expected result is $238 – 291 million in annual new tax revenue after the 37-mile streetcar network is finished. at that rate, it would take only six years for the city to recuperate the full $1.5 billion cost of the streetcars. after six years, the tax revenues would be pure profit.

with numerous methods to travel around the district and the convenience of being able to ride the streetcars with smartrip cards, we all have another reason to avoid sitting through dc traffic.

source: dc streetcar official site

map of the proposed 37-mile streetcar network. the initial h/benning line, shown in red, would extend west all the way to georgetown. additional lines are planned to go north and south through dc.

sources: interview with cherie gibson (ddot)

dc streetcar site: http://www.dcstreetcar.com/about/information/

movedc site: http://wemovedc.org/resources/draftplan/executive_summary_public_review_draft.pdf

tim palmieri is a sophomore at the george washington university majoring in journalism and mass communication.

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cities in focus: new york city

tue, 09 nov 2010 11:18:50 +0000

new york’s mayor michael bloomberg and department of transportation are on a mission to make the big apple the “greatest, greenest big city in the world” by ramping up bicycle infrastructure across the city, introducing bus rapid transit to the bronx, and pedestrianizing times square, among other bold transportation initiatives.

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cities in focus: istanbul

tue, 09 nov 2010 11:12:30 +0000

istanbul has the only intercontinental bus rapid-transit system in the world. with 64 million vehicles crossing it in 2005, the bosphorus bridge had become a major bottleneck for istanbul commuters traveling between europe and asia. in march 2009, the historic mega-city unveiled the world’s first inter-continental bus rapid transit line, metrobüs – easing congestion, reducing travel times and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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making public transportation cool: los angeles metro

wed, 03 nov 2010 17:52:08 +0000

this video is produced by embarq – the world resources institute center for sustainable transport.

los angeles’ metro is doing something that no transit agency in the country has ever done: it’s marketing its products and services as if it were a private company bent on turning a profit. but for metro marketing isn’t about increasing the bottom line. it’s about reducing traffic, cleaning the air and making people’s commutes in this auto-clogged city a bit less stressful.

matt raymond, the chief communications officer for metro, is the brainchild behind metro’s marketing push. “the key to putting together the group,” mr raymond said, referring to the in-house ad agency known as creative services, “was that we wanted to make public transportation cool.”

read more on embarq’s blog, thecityfix.com.

watch more videos from embarq: www.embarq.org/multimedia

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