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Washington DC Trams will be "phased out" (europe.pub)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by zabadoh@ani.social to c/trams_trolleys_streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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According to this article

https://archive.ph/LpllN

DC is planning to phase out it's only line of streetcars and replace them with electric buses.

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[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago

So they want to keep the overhead wires for charging, smart.

They're dismissive of issues with level boarding. They're spending limited budget on changing what works to try to expand instead of delaying expansion until the next funding round.