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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: Metro Jacksonville on February 04, 2013, 03:27:43 AM

Title: The South's Latest Streetcar: Loyola Avenue Streetcar
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on February 04, 2013, 03:27:43 AM
The South's Latest Streetcar: Loyola Avenue Streetcar

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Already home to the nation's oldest, continuously operating streetcar line, New Orleans is also the city with the nation's newest.


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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013-feb-the-souths-latest-streetcar-loyola-avenue-streetcar
Title: Re: The South's Latest Streetcar: Loyola Avenue Streetcar
Post by: tufsu1 on February 04, 2013, 02:54:38 PM
awesome...now if they can just keep the power flowing through the overhead wires :)
Title: Re: The South's Latest Streetcar: Loyola Avenue Streetcar
Post by: Jax96 on February 04, 2013, 03:49:54 PM
With the new money the city has by refinancing the debt, perhaps transit could receive some. Who knows, lets keep our fingers crossed
Title: Re: The South's Latest Streetcar: Loyola Avenue Streetcar
Post by: Ocklawaha on February 04, 2013, 05:41:51 PM
Nice thought Jax96, only history demonstrates that no one in Jacksonville leadership can spell R A I L !  So if a fat pile of new money lands on JTA's doorstep, look for a few more buses, a dozen bus shelters and some payment marking stencils that read "BUS ONLY".