Peterborough: Streetcars
There has been talk at some Ideas Peterborough meetings of the bringing streetcars back to Peterborough.
Peterborough
First a couple of screen captures of the streetcar systems had in the early 20th century:
The data for the first two images comes from this website:
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Recent media articles
Canadian
- Financial close achieved on Waterloo Region Light Rail Transit project (Not long now until Toronto is, once again, not the only city in Ontario with streetcars. Now, how long before streetcars again become the norm??) - 20140509
- Clive Doucet on Ottawa’s collective amnesia (Much goodness in this article. It also hit on Jane Jacobs, the Roman Empire and schoolboards.) - 20140507
- Gardinerâs closure is transitâs opening: Hume (Hume is an optimist, as am I; surely Toronto is not as insane as Ford nation makes it appear to be…) - 20140429
- David Suzuki: Is it time for a real war on cars? - 20140415
- Focus on Your Existing Transit, Toronto - 20140410
- Legal action could stall light rail project - 20140317
- What can Toronto learn from Melbourne, Australia? - 20140306
- Region votes 11-4 to award LRT contract in Kitchener and Waterloo - 20140305
- Mississauga-Brampton LRT project advances - 20140304
- Road collapse leaves 8-metre wide sinkhole at tunnelling site - Ottawa - CBC News - 20130221
- Letters to Editor of KW record A white elephant - 20140219 and Light rail is a good investment - 20140218
- Make Toronto public transit excellent: Steve Munro’s Big Idea-20140217
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Report throws cold water on Calgary streetcar revival, some say prematurely - 20140217
- LRT could be a major election issue (Waterloo) - 20140210
- Why Doesn’t Premier Wynne Know Hamilton Wants LRT? - 20140207
- Kitchener to Waterloo, by LRT - 20140206
- Carsick: Reclaiming Our Cities from the Automobile - 20140205
- Advocates argue free transit benefits us all - 20140129
- Our Great Transit Non-Debate - 20140123
- How do we fix Toronto transit? (Hint: itâs not just about building subways) - 20140122
- Tracking the Ottawa LRT
Worldwide
- Streetcar testing uncovers a few concerns (Lucky Tuscon, Arizona, is dealing with the kind of little problems so many small cities would like to be in a position to tackle…) - 20140508
- A streetcar is more space-efficient than individual cars. And we knew it 70 years ago. - 20140508
- Streetcar rail arrives in Kansas City - 20140416
- How Will a New FRA Rule Affect Commuter Rail? (Whereas in Europe streetcars routinely switch from street to railway running (onboard adjustment of voltage required) with a single driver, this inexpensive expedient could be denied here by rigid, inflexible, disproportianate one-size-fits-all regulation) - 20140414
- Public transportation use way up in New Orleans and nationwide - 20140310
- North American Light Rail Transit Market in North America Becoming More Competitive - 20140305
- Here’s a look at recent progress on the Cincinnati streetcar project: SLIDESHOW - 20140221
- Traffic Plummets on the Highway Seattle Is Spending a Fortune to Replace - 20140221
- Cardiff metro: Plan encourages people to ‘leave cars at home’ - 20140221
- Houston Metro adds new rail line, two more to be finished in 2014 - 20140219
- Maastricht-Hasselt regional tram approved - 20140219
- Tucson responds to stuck streetcar problem (poorly parked SUV) - 20140219
- North-South Washington streetcar starts to take shape - 20140219
- Atlanta’s first streetcar arrives - 20140217
- Viewpoints: A Different vision for train travel (Sacramento) - 20140216
- Urban Land Institute panel issues final report on vision for St. Pete - 20140216
- Cincinnati Streetcar: Phase 2 could include route expansion - 20140210
- U.S. cities adopt European obsession with trains - 20140207
- GRP electrification mast on test - 20140131 (imagine colour coordinated streetcar overhead support poles…)
- Transportation DART a regional economic engine spurring development, studies find - 20140128