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The Portland Streetcar is a streetcar system in Portland, Oregon, that opened in 2001 [4] and serves areas surrounding downtown Portland.The 3.9-mile (6.3 km) NS Line runs from Northwest Portland to the South Waterfront via Downtown and the Pearl District.
The KC Streetcar is a one-route streetcar system in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. [7] Construction began in May 2014, [8] and service began on May 6, 2016. The KC Streetcar is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area's integrated public transit brand RideKC, and is operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority.
After nearly a decade of planning, construction of the Central City Streetcar project began in 1999. With the opening of its first 2.4-mile (3.9 km) segment on July 20, 2001, it became the inaugural line of the Portland Streetcar system and the first second-generation streetcar service in the United States with its use of modern vehicles. [6]
Russ Johnson, former member of the Kansas City Council and Streetcar Authority board of directors said at the groundbreaking of the initial downtown line: “The stated goal of this project is ...
The Portland Vintage Trolley was a heritage streetcar service in Portland, Oregon, United States, that operated from 1991 to 2014.It operated on a portion of the MAX light rail system, and for a brief time also operated on the Portland Streetcar system, in downtown and nearby areas. [3]
A map of a proposed east-west streetcar route shows 16 stops between Van Brunt Boulevard and the University of Kansas Health System. Here’s how transit officials say it might look.
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The first electric streetcar operated in Kansas City on September 6, 1889. [7] By 1908, all but one of Kansas City's streetcar routes had been converted to electricity. [1] When the Kansas City Public Service Company (KCPS) was created in 1925, it inherited over 700 streetcars that had been owned and operated by private companies. [5]