Charles Streetcar line has eschewed modernization and uses the same streetcars the city bought in 1923.
After WWII the streetcars were removed, and streets grew bigger while sidewalks became smaller.
Charles Avenue as the area's famous streetcars hauled hurried workers through the morning rush hour.
Streetcars were already proving themselves to be vital economic catalysts in cities that were bringing back their rails.
He was destined, he believed, to write a new poetry fit for forward-looking times: an age of streetcars, jazz and heroic engineering.
People are clamoring to use public transportation in places from Chicago to Los Angeles, where downtown residents just voted to bring back streetcars.
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With its hills-heavy density, near-90-degree-dropping streets and alleys and awe-inspiring views, San Francisco is a pedestrian-friendly city (the iconic streetcars can be admired from the sidewalk).
By removing the streetcars, widening the streets and changing our zoning to focus on auto centric development, we eliminated the local neighborhood deli, flower shop and tavern.
More broadly, I think the proliferation of streetcars is an example of the waste that tends to occur when money for local projects is allocated at the federal level.
To hear that old rumble of steel wheels come grumbling up behind you, to turn and see those green streetcars back on the tracks again is like seeing an old friend who's been away a while.
The University of Washington's Richard Morrill notes that the WPA bequeathed "an enduring legacy" around Seattle: bridges and retaining walls and drainage systems, parks and playgrounds, roads and trails, sewers, recreational facilities, airports, streetcars, low-income housing, as well as programs for musicians, artists and writers.
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