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The 509 and 510 routes share the trackage that had been used by the 604. A CLRV streetcar on a winter day on the 510 Spadina line. In 2005, The Globe and Mail newspaper published an article that criticized the switch to a dedicated right-of-way streetcar as being less beneficial than promised. Based on TTC documents, the author argued that ...
Hundreds of apartments replacing Martini Corner parking lots. The Port KC board also approved moving to issue bonds up to $70 million for the proposed Streetcar Lofts project, off East 31st Street ...
The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is the third busiest light-rail system in North America. The network is concentrated primarily in Downtown Toronto and in proximity to the city's waterfront. Much of the streetcar route network ...
The city has added two new streetcar lines in recent years (510 Spadina in 1990, and 509 Harbourfront in 2000), and is upgrading its other lines. Its traditional fleet of CLRVs and ALRVs were replaced by the newer Bombardier Flexity low-floor models, and expansion is planned in combination with the city's plans for the rejuvenation of its ...
The KC Streetcar website makes the same claim: “The entire community is looking to the Downtown Streetcar to fuel economic growth. By promoting development, raising property values, attracting ...
A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. Such suburbs developed in the United States in the years before the automobile, when the introduction of the electric trolley or streetcar allowed the nation’s burgeoning middle class to move beyond the central city’s borders. [1]
English: A map of the Toronto Transit Commission's 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina, and 511 Bathurst streetcar routes. By David Arthur. By David Arthur. Français : Un plan de routes de trams 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina, et 511 Bathurst du Toronto Transit Commission .
Since the route is not grade-separated, this was later felt to be misleading and it was subsequently treated like other streetcar lines, taking the number 510. In 1997, the completion of a dedicated right-of-way on Spadina Avenue resulted in the Harbourfront route being relaunched as the 510 Spadina. The "Harbourfront" route name disappeared ...