BEYOND DC: I can has streetcar?
Construction is starting! DDOT is now physically laying tracks for the Anacostia streetcar. The years of false starts and frustration are finally giving way to actual progress.
Construction of tracks on South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue is expected continue at the rate of about two weeks per block, and to last through December. After that will come construction of the second phase of track along MLK Avenue, and installation of overhead catenary wire and stations. Eventually (who knows when), the streetcar vehicles themselves will be shipped over from Europe. River East blog Barry Farm (Re)Mixed has some photos of construction.
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