- Streetcars in North America - Wikipedia
About 22 North American cities, starting with Edmonton, Calgary and San Diego, have installed new light rail systems, some of which run along historic streetcar corridors A few recent cases feature mixed-traffic street-running operation like a streetcar
- Seattle Streetcar - Transportation | seattle. gov
Plan your streetcar trip Get safety tips And, learn about future expansion to further connect Seattle's people to work, home, and their favorite places
- Streetcar | Facts, History, Development | Britannica
Streetcar, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets, usually operated in single units and driven by electric motor Early streetcars were either horse-drawn or relied on storage batteries that were expensive and inefficient
- STREETCAR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of STREETCAR is a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically operating on city streets
- A Streetcar City - National Museum of American History
Many white city dwellers moved to new trolley suburbs; streetcars made it easy to travel greater distances to work, shop, and socialize in town City streets and the patterns of people’s daily lives changed In Washington, streetcars turned outlying areas into new neighborhoods
- Streetcar History: Lines, Photos, Decline - American-Rails. com
The streetcar, which sprang up after the Civil War, was the first rapid-transit system many cities utilized in ferrying residents from one place to another They were originally horse or mule-powered and operated at only a few miles-per-hour
- Streetcar, Cable Car: What’s the difference? - Market Street Railway
If it runs on steel rails with a trolley pole connected to an overhead wire above, it’s a streetcar If it runs on steel rails with an open slot between them, and no overhead wires, it’s a cable car
- USA Streetcar Systems
“Streetcar” refers to local public transportation using electric vehicles that run on rails Streetcars (called “Tramways” in Europe) are generally designed to provide short-trip urban circulation, and the vehicles and infrastructure are optimized accordingly
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