Planned Streetcar Systems

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Albuquerque
- Modern Streetcar
  - New route runs east-west from the Bio Park and Nob Hill, via Old Town, Downtown, Edo, and the University of New Mexico, along Central Avenue
  - State of New Mexico proposes adding a secondary route running north-south from the University of New Mexico to the Sun Port airport
  - $280 to $430 million cost
  - 7,100 projected daily riders
  - Still in review – funding has not been secured and construction timeline is not yet ready

Atlanta
- Atlanta Streetcar Extension
  - Extension of east-west streetcar (currently under construction)
  - Would run north-south along Peachtree Street

Austin
- City of Austin Urban Rail– 2017
  - 16.5-mile new line from waterfront north
  - Hybrid streetcar/light rail operations
  - $1.3-1.7 billion likely system cost, depending on phasing
  - Construction could begin in 2014
  - Not currently funded

Baltimore
- Charles Street Streetcar
  - New line, running from the Inner Harbor waterfront to Johns Hopkins University, along Charles Street, St. Paul Street, and Cathedral Street, via Penn Station
  - $150 million likely cost
  - Not currently funded

Boise
- Boise Streetcar
  - 2.3-mile loop running east-west on Main and Idaho Streets, extends from Noble Park to 15th Street
  - Cost of $50-60 million
  - Future phases could be extended across the city

Charlotte
- Center City Streetcar– 2015
  - Starter system of 1.5 miles is funded by $25 million U.S. DOT Urban Circulator grant
  - Initial route will run from Charlotte Transportation Center to Presbyterian Hospital with six stops
  - Initial service will be provided by historic streetcars
  - Full extension to 10-mile line, leading west and east from Uptown, is planned but not funded
  - Construction expected to begin in 2012

Cincinnati
- Streetcar
  - First, 2-mile phase of project, currently under construction
  - Latter phases, adding about 1.5 miles, will extend north to the University of Cincinnati
  - 6,400 projected daily riders for full alignment

Columbus
- Downtown Streetcar
  - 2.8-mile new line, running from Downtown to the Ohio State University, along High Street
  - May be expanded into a 13-mile full line (as LRT/Streetcar combination) running north from Ohio State to Delaware County, via existing freight tracks, depending on funding
  - Costs could run from $100 to $650 million

Dallas
- Downtown Streetcar – Funded
  - Currently being planned, with no set route, would run downtown as an extension of the M-Line streetcar, though it would run with modern vehicles
  - May run across Trinity River towards Oak Cliff

Detroit
- Detroit Streetcar
  - 3 to 8-mile new line running northwest from Downtown Detroit along Woodward Avenue via Midtown, with connection to Detroit-Ann Arbor CR
  - Funds have come from public and private sources
  - Unclear future dependent on federal funding

Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Lauderdale Downtown “Wave” Streetcar – 2014
  - 2.7-mile downtown and inner-city circulator, roughly paralleling the Florida East Coast Railway route
  - 10 stations from Broward General Medical Center to North 8th Street
  - $124.34 million construction costs. Funded by a TIGER grant in summer 2012.
- Central Broward East-West Transit
  - Route from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport, north through downtown, then west along Griffin Road to Davie
  - Express bus will complete corridor to Sawgrass Mills and Bank Atlantic Center
  - Original plan was for light rail system along route; could share downtown alignment with proposed downtown streetcar system

Fort Worth
- Fort Worth Streetcar – Partially Funded
  - Downtown and inner-city circulator
  - Received $25 million U.S. DOT Urban Circulator Grant
  - Planning was put on hold in late 2010

Hampton Roads
- Streetcar Line
  - From Downtown Hampton to Downtown Newport News
  - No funding currently available for project

Kansas City
- Streetcar Line
  - 2-mile route from River Market to Crown Center
  - Likely alignment along Main Street
  - No funding currently available for project

Los Angeles
- Downtown Streetcar– 2014
  - Though route is not yet finalized, it would connect Staples Center and Bunker Hill
  - Price could approach $100 million
  - Funding not assured but City Council has approved $5 million in future funding for the project
  - Construction could begin in 2012

Miami
- Miami Streetcar – 2012
  - 10.6-mile system of lines in and around Downtown Miami
  - Three general alignments:
    - North-South, from Government Center to the Miami Design District
    - West-South, from Government Center to Civic Center/Heath District
    - North-West, from Miami Design District to Civic Center/Health District
  - $200 million cost
  - 7,400 to 17,400 projected daily riders
  - Construction currently postponed indefinitely

Milwaukee
- Milwaukee Connector – Partially Funded
  - Line would extend from northeast downtown towards the southwest, with potential future extensions going elsewhere in the city
  - $55 million currently earmarked for the streetcar program

Minneapolis
- Streetcar– 2020-2050
  - Seven proposed lines:
    - Northwest to Robbinsdale
    - Southwest along Hennipin Avenue to Lake of the Isles
    - East-west along Lake Street from Hiawatha Avenue to St. Louis Park
    - South along Nicolette Avenue to 46th Street
    - South along Chicago Avenue to 38th Street
    - East across Mississippi River and along 2nd Street and University Avenue
    - North along Central Avenue to Columbia Heights and Hilltop
  - Long-term project without set construction or completion dates; no currently set-aside revenue

Montréal
- Streetcar System
  - Several miles of new streetcar lines within the city borders, connecting areas not currently well served by the Metro system
  - Not currently funded

New Haven
- Downtown Streetcar
  - 3-mile new line would extend from Union Station to downtown, via Yale-New Haven Medical Center
  - Future links could run to the suburbs of West Haven and Hamden
  - No funding currently available, and Board of Aldermen have rejecting matching federal funds for project
  - Project coincides with the replacement of a downtown highway with a boulevard

New Orleans
- Streetcar System Expansions – Partially Funded
  - 6.54-mile east-west line would run from Union Passenger Terminal to Press Street along Loyola Avenue, N. Rampart Street, and St. Claude Avenue
  - Project may include extension of riverfront streetcar north along Elysian Fields Avenue
  - Received $45 million in funding from the U.S. DOT in TIGER grants for the segment from Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street (now under construction); other sections need additional money
  - A loop around the convention center is possible

Oklahoma City
- Streetcar Line – Partially Funded– 2014
  - 5 or 6-mile new line would run from downtown in a north-south transit mall with an extension to a north central neighborhood
  - Project would provide access to Union Station, where commuter rail and high-speed rail lines would be located
  - Funded by city’s approval of MAPS3 sales tax in November 2009
  - Cost likely to be around $130 million, though project’s size could increase with state or federal funding

Phoenix
- Tempe South Streetcar – Partially Funded– 2016
  - 2.6-mile corridor heads south from Downtown Tempe to Southern Avenue along Mill Avenue
  - Construction expected to begin 2013
  - A future phase, currently unfunded, could be extended east along Southern Avenue to Rural Road; other extensions could extend south along Rural Road or east/west along Rio Salado Parkway from Mill Avenue
  - An associated bus rapid transit line is planned for Rural Road from LRT to Chandler Boulevard

Portland
- Streetcar Extension or BRT to Lake Oswego – 2013 – Partially Funded
  - Extension of current line or development of new line from current terminus at OHSU south along river waterfront to Lake Oswego
  - Construction likely to begin in 2011
- Long-Term Streetcar Expansion Project

Providence
- Downtown Streetcar
  - 2.3-mile line, with two routes, running along streets
  - 9 stations
  - $76 million estimated construction cost

Reno
- Downtown Streetcar
  - 1.5-mile line along Virginia Street between Lawlor Events Center and California Avenue
  - $67 million cost for initial phase
  - Second phase of streetcar system, at $84 million, would span 3.5 miles of Virginia Street from California Avenue to the Convention Center

Sacramento
- Riverfront Streetcar – Partially Funded
  - New line running from Downtown Sacramento west to West Sacramento, across Sacramento River

San Antonio
- Downtown Streetcar– 2015/2016 – FUNDED
  - 2.2-mile north-east route, mostly along Broadway, connecting the Pearl Brewery with the East Side Transit Hub, via the River Walk and the Convention Center
  - A future east-west route from the East Side Transit Hub to the West Side Transit Hub could extend the line, but for now this function will be provided by a bus circulator beginning in 2012
  - Funding provided by VIA Transit, City of San Antonio, and Bexar County
  - Construction could begin in 2013

San Diego
- City/Park Streetcar
  - 1.2-mile project would connect downtown and San Diego Trolley to Balboa Park
  - Stops proposed at Smart Corner, City College, San Diego High School, Presidents Way, Naval Medical Center, Prado, and Zoo
  - Expected ridership of 1,000-2,000 riders a day
  - $68.2 million estimated cost, not including vehicles
  - No funding currently for project.

San Francisco
- Fort Mason Streetcar Extansion
  - Extension of existing F Line streetcar from Fisherman’s Wharf to Marina Green, via abandoned train tunnel
  - Estimated $28.9 million cost

Seattle
- Broadway Streetcar Extension of First Hill Streetcar – 2016
  - Would extend under construction First Hill Streetcar from Denny Way to Prospect Street, along Broadway
  - Total estimated cost of $25 million
  - Construction could begin in 2015

Stamford
- Streetcar System
  - 5-mile one-way or two-way lines on Atlantic and Bedford Streets, and potentially Washington Boulevard
  - $129 million construction cost

St. Louis
- Downtown Streetcar
  - 7-mile modern streetcar route connecting downtown St. Louis to Grand Center/St. Louis University and Central West End/Washington University Medical Center neighborhoods.
  - Project would not link with Delmar Loop Trolley.
- Delmar Loop Trolley
  - 2.2-mile new line, connecting Forest Park to Trinity, via Delmar Loop
  - Connections with Metrolink system at Forest Park and Delmar stations
  - $44 million construction cost, of which $25 million will be covered by federal Urban Circulator funds
  - Intended to use “heritage” trolley replica vehicles

Vancouver
- Streetcar System
  - Several miles of new lines, running in downtown Vancouver and in False Creek
  - Construction will depend on the success of the demonstration streetcar being built for the 2010 Olympics

Washington, D.C.
- Columbia Pike Streetcar– 2014
  - 4.7-mile long new line in Arlington and Fairfax Counties (Virginia), from Pentagon City to Skyline along the Columbia Pike, with a connection to the Metro Blue and Yellow Lines at Pentagon City.
  - Construction is likely to begin in 2012
- Arlington-Alexandria Route 1 Streetcar– 2019
  - New line would run from Crystal City to Potomac Yard (where a new Metrorail station is planned), and potentially continuing on to Braddock Road Metrorail station
  - Planning for the project will begin in 2013

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