At our last ANC meeting, Karina Ricks - the DDOT coordinator for the H Street, the construction / renovation will start this coming Spring. This is a $23 million investment in H Street.
However, as Dr. Gridlock notes, the purchase of the actual street cars has yet to be done for H Street.
That being said, I am cautiously optimistic as the former head of DDOT and Metro now appears to be the next city administrator. Once the election cycle is over, I would expect a coordinated push for the city to procure street cars for H Street.
And, as it has been noted many times by Richard Layman, it will take a few years to build the street cars as only less than a handful of companies actually make them.
Is the city committed to including the installation of street car tracks in the work that will commence in the Spring? Is the line definitely going to terminate in U. Station? Have any plans been drawn/made public of the proposed interface with the station?
1. DDOT is including the tracks in the construction this spring.
2. The termination of the line has not been determined.
3. DDOT is installing the tracks up to 3rd Street.
My view is that the actual street cars will drive this decision. In short, when the city cuts the order to buy the street cars -- the decision will be made.
In addition, there is a good chance that construction will start on the east in of the street. As this project will take at least 12 months -- DDOT won't get to 3rd street until 2008.
Again, these are my observations and not from DDOT.
Did D-DOT determine whether the H St Bridge can support the weight of a trolley and tracks?
If not, how would the trolley access Union Station?
I understand there is the unused metro tunnel option - in order to link in seamlessly to the Union Station metro stop (which I much, much prefer). However, given the development project at the southwest corner of 3rd and H will cover the entire footprint of that site, I am unsure how the trolley would access the tunnel.
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At our last ANC meeting, Karina Ricks - the DDOT coordinator for the H Street, the construction / renovation will start this coming Spring. This is a $23 million investment in H Street.
However, as Dr. Gridlock notes, the purchase of the actual street cars has yet to be done for H Street.
That being said, I am cautiously optimistic as the former head of DDOT and Metro now appears to be the next city administrator. Once the election cycle is over, I would expect a coordinated push for the city to procure street cars for H Street.
And, as it has been noted many times by Richard Layman, it will take a few years to build the street cars as only less than a handful of companies actually make them.
Is the city committed to including the installation of street car tracks in the work that will commence in the Spring? Is the line definitely going to terminate in U. Station? Have any plans been drawn/made public of the proposed interface with the station?
Answers:
1. DDOT is including the tracks in the construction this spring.
2. The termination of the line has not been determined.
3. DDOT is installing the tracks up to 3rd Street.
My view is that the actual street cars will drive this decision. In short, when the city cuts the order to buy the street cars -- the decision will be made.
In addition, there is a good chance that construction will start on the east in of the street. As this project will take at least 12 months -- DDOT won't get to 3rd street until 2008.
Again, these are my observations and not from DDOT.
Did D-DOT determine whether the H St Bridge can support the weight of a trolley and tracks?
If not, how would the trolley access Union Station?
I understand there is the unused metro tunnel option - in order to link in seamlessly to the Union Station metro stop (which I much, much prefer). However, given the development project at the southwest corner of 3rd and H will cover the entire footprint of that site, I am unsure how the trolley would access the tunnel.
there seems to be the idea that potential patrons of h street retail will be more likley to take a trolley than the bus.
what gives?
why not add more busses?
now if you just want to talk about how cool trolleys are.. well i'm with you on that. and i'll take them just for fun.
emphasizing the practicality of them doesn't fly.
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