More Streetcar Fun
Birmingham, Alabama is following in the path of Little Rock and Memphis and considering installing electric streetcars in the downtown area, reports the Birmingham News. The system is expected to cost approximately $163 million and may run one of two routes:
- A north-south line running 3.2 miles between the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex and Five Points South.
- A 2.5-mile east-west line along Fifth and Seventh streets south between Bartow Arena and the Compass Bank Center.
As we've discussed here recently, this type of local downtown circulator seems to be coming into fashion in the south. In addition to the two we saw -- Little Rock and Memphis -- Charlotte, NC also has a similar system. They aren't a bad idea, but we feel the same way the Little Rock streetcar driver did. If they don't go anywhere, they don't really serve much purpose, and they're not really going to drive any economic development.
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amg | 06:00 PM |
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