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Originally Posted by gabetx
It would be awesome to have a streetcar or trolley these days, running from the Capitol, down SoCo, and even S. Lamar to Ben White. Then have another trolley or streetcar running down E. Riverside to Pleasant Valley or Montopolis.
Traffic would be better and south and southeast Austin would be much more walkable to and from downtown.
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We had a street car circulator that covered these very routes. It was called the 'Dillo. Even when it was free, nobody rode it so they shut it down in 2009.
Towers has an article with some history including a route map:
https://austin.towers.net/should-aus...from-the-dead/
