Arlington Board Talks Nuts & Bolts of Columbia Pike Streetcar
Streetcars cost up to $4 million each; buses, up to $800,000.
The Arlington County Board spent two hours Tuesday night receiving information and asking questions about mostly highly technical considerations of the planned Columbia Pike streetcar. They talked about the potential length of the streetcar — or cars, as Arlington is in line to buy 20-plus — their width, how low their floors will be to the ground, how close they can go to the curb and how different types of streetcars make right turns. The conversation, at one point, turned into how many inches the county would gain or lose at so-called "super stops" — stations along Columbia Pike where a streetcar and bus can pick up and drop off people — based on different streetcar dimensions. Arlington County Transportation Director Dennis Leach later …
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James Thorne
7:31 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
There are other ways to help economic development along Columbia Pike than to create an expensive transit system based on 1800s technology. It seems they want to turn Arlington into Mr. Roger's neighborhood, complete with trolley. Keep fighting the good fight, Libby. more ›