Track testing for the Streetcar Loop will take place Tuesday through Thursday next week (Feb 21-23). Look for the first vehicles to appear on the east side (and on the Broadway Bridge)!
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There is a reader board on MLK warning of the upcoming tests. Make me look up…my goodness, that really is an overhead wire. I hadn’t even noticed the poles being in place.
I saw one this morning. It surprised me and excited me
I’ve done a little searching about this, but couldn’t find an answer. If we can run the streetcars on it, why do we have to wait until September for it to open?
Because:
1) We don’t have vehicles to run yet.
and
2) We don’t have money to pay operators earlier than September.
I’d add:
3) It takes more time to get a line ready for full-blown operations than just occasional (slow?) testing.
So when do the new cars start arriving? :) I want pictures? Will there be new colors and such?