Comments on: LB Council takes on Streetcar study, feasibility review http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/lb-council-takes-on-streetcar-study-feasibility-review/ Community events and neighborhood news in Long Beach, CA Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William R. Cousert http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/lb-council-takes-on-streetcar-study-feasibility-review/#comment-805 William R. Cousert Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:03 +0000 http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/?p=4118#comment-805 I think this is a GREAT idea. Streetcar lines can be built for as little as $2 million per mile (Kenosha, WI). I think it's cheap enough that private companies could afford to get back into the streetcar business and make a profit at it. I'd like to see a line on 7th street connecting Downtown to CSULB., a short stub connecting the Blue Line to Long Beach Airport and another to the Queen Mary/cruise ship terminals. A circulator system wandering around much of Downtown would be nice too. I think this is a GREAT idea. Streetcar lines can be built for as little as $2 million per mile (Kenosha, WI). I think it’s cheap enough that private companies could afford to get back into the streetcar business and make a profit at it.

I’d like to see a line on 7th street connecting Downtown to CSULB., a short stub connecting the Blue Line to Long Beach Airport and another to the Queen Mary/cruise ship terminals. A circulator system wandering around much of Downtown would be nice too.

]]> By: PRT Strategies http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/lb-council-takes-on-streetcar-study-feasibility-review/#comment-775 PRT Strategies Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:05:16 +0000 http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/?p=4118#comment-775 There are far better ideas for a fixed guideway transit system in Long Beach that would also include the Queen Mary (encouraging its redevelopment) as a destination which streetcars can not likely reach. An elevated Personal Rapid Transit system would be less expensive and not compete with surface traffic. It could be funded via Measure R and attract private investments as hotels and apartment/condo complexes could be encouraged to invest in station portals on the system. There's much more at http://www.prtstrategies.com/longbeach.html or http://tinyurl.com/lbprt. There are far better ideas for a fixed guideway transit system in Long Beach that would also include the Queen Mary (encouraging its redevelopment) as a destination which streetcars can not likely reach. An elevated Personal Rapid Transit system would be less expensive and not compete with surface traffic. It could be funded via Measure R and attract private investments as hotels and apartment/condo complexes could be encouraged to invest in station portals on the system.

There’s much more at http://www.prtstrategies.com/longbeach.html or http://tinyurl.com/lbprt.

]]> By: Mark http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/lb-council-takes-on-streetcar-study-feasibility-review/#comment-769 Mark Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:42 +0000 http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/?p=4118#comment-769 I don't know if it makes sense where there is light rail, but if there could be a street car system to to connect spokes where the light rail hub doesn't reach (such as Wardlow Station with the shopping/restaurant corridor along Atlantic in Bixby Knolls. that would make sense. Right now the Atlantic Corridor as a whole could use a transit system. I don’t know if it makes sense where there is light rail, but if there could be a street car system to to connect spokes where the light rail hub doesn’t reach (such as Wardlow Station with the shopping/restaurant corridor along Atlantic in Bixby Knolls. that would make sense. Right now the Atlantic Corridor as a whole could use a transit system.

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