{"id":13098,"date":"2014-10-14t09:54:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-14t09:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/this-streetcar-brings-desire\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:46:22","slug":"this-streetcar-brings-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/this-streetcar-brings-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"this streetcar brings desire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>meet the streetcar!&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/about\/information\/\">dc streetcar<\/a>&nbsp;will revitalize the public transportation system in the district. as lines continue to develop in the coming decades, so will dc.<\/p>\n<p>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),&nbsp;based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/2010-08-30-streetcars30_st_n.htm\">overwhelming success<\/a>&nbsp;of portland and seattle streetcars serving as development-oriented transit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/proposed-streetcar-lines.jpg\" style=\"height: 400px; width: 432px; margin-left: 20px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; float: right;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>proximity to streetcars will increase property values by $10-15 billion, according to gibson. the expected result is $238 \u2013 291 million in annual new tax revenue after the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/projects\/37-mile-streetcar-system\/\">37-mile streetcar network<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n<p>with numerous methods to travel around the district and the convenience of being able to ride the streetcars with&nbsp;smartrip&nbsp;cards, we all have another reason to avoid sitting through dc traffic.<\/p>\n<p><em>source:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/projects\/37-mile-streetcar-system\/\"><em>dc streetcar official site<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>map of the proposed&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/projects\/37-mile-streetcar-system\/\"><em>37-mile streetcar network<\/em><\/a><em>. the initial h\/benning&nbsp;line, shown in red, would extend west all the way to georgetown. additional lines are planned to go north and south through dc.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>sources:&nbsp;interview with cherie gibson (ddot)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>dc streetcar site:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/about\/information\/\">http:\/\/www.dcstreetcar.com\/about\/information\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>movedc&nbsp;site:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wemovedc.org\/resources\/draftplan\/executive_summary_public_review_draft.pdf\">http:\/\/wemovedc.org\/resources\/draftplan\/executive_summary_public_review_draft.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>tim palmieri is a sophomore at the george washington university majoring in journalism and mass communication.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>featured selfie: the dc streetcar could revitalize the h street district while making public transit more green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4900,4895],"tags":[829,767,205,229,569,615,3275,3366,1419,159],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-living","category-transportation","tag-alternative-energy","tag-carbon-footprint","tag-community","tag-dc","tag-economy","tag-green-public-transit","tag-h-street","tag-metro","tag-public-transportation","tag-urban-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v24.1 - 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