Salt Lake Transit News Thread

[Orlando]

The other problem of the S-Line is they weren't bold enough to put the streetcar on the street. It should have been built along 2100 south. Instead they went with the cheaper solution, which was to put it on existing rail lines. But, those rail lines are not very visible, and were intentionally built to be in the back alley/industrial lane behind all of the commercial and residential buildings. I think all of the new apartments being built along it now is very encouraging, and I think the S-Line has been the catalyst for it. The street cars were partially responsible for being a development catalyst in the Pearl District in Portland. Though, the good planning and development was going on before the street car was finished. It certainly does help now, though. It's always full whenever I rode it, and surprisingly it wasn't a bunch of hipsters riding it, but a lot of retirees used. Many of them purchased condos in the Pearl District, and would use the street car to downtown, or to other cute shopping & eatery areas like NW 21st and 23rd Streets in the Alphabet District. The street car also connected directly to the multiple light rail lines which connected to the airport, and other important areas of the metro.