Cincinnati among three new U.S. streetcar lines hitting milestones

Urban issues website Next City discusses Cincinnati’s Streetcar’s final downtown track section being completed in its weekly “New Starts” roundup of newsworthy public transportation projects worldwide.

Streetcar projects in Cincinnati and Kansas City are moving toward completion, the roundup reports, with both systems awaiting delivery of their first vehicles from CAF’s manufacturing plant in Elmira, N.Y. The article also provides an update on the new streetcar line in Washington, D.C., which is currently testing its vehicles and hopes to be fully operational by year end.

Read the full Next City roundup here.