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Originally Posted by djp4lsu
Re new streetcar lines: I saw somewhere a couple months back in the TP or CityBusiness (can't remember which one now) that the city was considering these lines, but they only had the money to construct one of them. They were trying to decide which to build. The Loyola loop's advantage was that it would connect to the UPT for people riding busses and trains to connect with downtown, while the Convention Center line would benefit, obviously, people going to conventions who may not have cars, and the French Quarter loop would benefit people living in the Bywater who work in the hospitality industry downtown.
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Each project can be submitted through the FTA's Small Starts process, where it could receive up to $75 million from the Feds. There has to be a local funding match, but that can come from the state or the city, or even a public-private partnership.