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Albuquerque’s Streetcar History
Horse Drawn Streetcar circa 1881
Albuquerque Museum 1982.180.277, 7/ 1881 Ward Hicks collection, John Airy
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Albuquerque Modern Streetcar Albuquerque Modern Streetcar Albuquerques Streetcar History Horse Drawn Streetcar circa 1881 Albuquerque Museum 1982.180.277, 7/ 1881 Ward Hicks collection, John Airy Albuquerques Streetcar History
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Electric Streetcar circa 1917
Albuquerque Museum 1980.101.005, c.1917 Milner Studio/ Crouch collection
Albuquerque’s Streetcar History
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Albuquerque’s Streetcar History
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Then they w ere gone…
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Refurbished Streetcar circa 1970
Albuquerque Museum 1977.112.001, c.1970
From Albuquerque’s Streetcar History…
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To Streetcars as Modern Transit…
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The Streetcar Goal
Connecting People Shaping Places
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A pow erful redevelopm ent tool Before… …And After
$2.2 Billion in private development projects within two blocks of the streetcar alignment
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I t is Not Just Portland
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How did w e get here?
Light rail is double the cost of a streetcar Light rail would be 10-15 years away Streetcar is a better fit for Central Avenue
The solution? … a city and state funded modern streetcar system
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W hat is a streetcar?
Modern rail transit
vehicle
66- feet long, 8-feet
wide
150 passengers 45-mph maximum
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W hat is a streetcar?
Fixed guideway rail
transit
Shares a lane with
- ther traffic
Electrically powered
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Streetcars…
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Attracts new transit riders
Easy access for wheelchairs, bikes, and strollers
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Attracts new transit riders
Easy access for wheelchairs, bikes, and strollers
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Attracts new transit riders
Many people will ride streetcar that will not ride the bus Streetcars attract new riders in the same corridor
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Preserving increasingly scarce street capacity in revitalizing cities
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Light Rail… Buses… Streetcars… What’s the difference?
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Light Rail…
Much larger scale Requires exclusive guideway 270-feet long, 9-feet wide 450 passengers 55-mph maximum
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Light Rail Construction
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Streetcar Construction
Typically 3 blocks in 3 weeks
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Buses…
Infill and
redevelopment do not follow bus routes
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Prom otes infill and redevelopm ent
Source: Portland Streetcar, Inc/ E.D. Hovee & Company
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Proposed streetcar alignm ent
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Proposed lane alignm ent
Right Lane Running
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Proposed lane alignm ent
Left Lane Running
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Proposed lane alignm ent
Midblock cross-section
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Features of Modern Streetcar stops
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Features of Modern Streetcar stops
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Features of Modern Streetcar stops
Shelter Canopy Benches Bike rack Message/ Wayfinding
Signage
Trash receptacles ADA Compliant
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How w ill the stop locations be determ ined?
Prim ary
- Ridership
- Stop spacing
- Land use
- Potential
Secondary
- Space requirements
- Visibility
- Bus stops and bike routes
- Storefront activity
- Proximity to transit dependents
- On-street parking
- Other engineering considerations
Your thoughts?
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Potential Stop Locations
Amherst Bryn Mawr Girard Cornell Yale University Cedar Elm Edith 1st/ ATC 4th 7th 10th Laguna Old Town New York Tingley Drive
Central Avenue
Your thoughts?
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Potential Stop Locations
Coal/ University Isotopes Park University
Stadium
Coal/ Yale Cesar Chavez/ Yale Ross/ Yale Gibson/ Yale Randolph/ Yale Sunport Terminal
Sunport Segm ent
Your thoughts?
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W hat could happen to existing bus service?
Rapid Ride Route 66
Your thoughts?
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Reconfigure Route 6 6
Your thoughts?
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Relocate Rapid Ride to Lom as
Your thoughts?
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Reconfigure Route 5 0
Your thoughts?
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W hat are the costs of the streetcar?
$ 2 8 m illion per m ile
Track Stops Traffic signals Roadway improvements Power system Vehicles Maintenance facility
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Com parative costs
Streetcar: $224M Big I: $230M Coors/ I-40: $100M
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How w ill the streetcar be funded?
Existing transportation
infrastructure tax
State funds
Other cities have used:
Parking revenue bonds Local Improvement Districts Tax increment financing Regional transportation funds
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How long w ill it take?
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