Los Angeles Streetcar

Los Angeles Streetcar
Overview
Type	Streetcar
Status	In planning
Stations	16
Website	Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc.
Operation
Opened	Future
Operator(s)	Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc.
Character	Surface, in-street running
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Legend Hill and 1st       Broadway and 2nd     Hill and 3rdAngels Flight Broadway and 4th Hill and 5th       Broadway and 6th Hill and 7th Broadway and 8th 7th and Grand Broadway and Olympic 7th and Flower           11th and Hill Figueroa and 8th 11th and Grand Figueroa and Olympic 11th and Flower |}

The Los Angeles Streetcar is a planned, partly-funded electric streetcar that would serve Downtown Los Angeles, much in the same way the Los Angeles Railway streetcar system did in the earlier part of the 20th century.

Background

In May 2011, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the city of Los Angeles, and several stakeholders began conducting studies and holding public meetings to identify the feasibility of restoring streetcar service downtown.^[1] The streetcar restoration efforts will further support in revitalizing Downtown Los Angeles's Historic Core and connect people to employment centers, shopping districts, civic resources, cultural institutions, historic landmarks and entertainment venues within the project study area. A restoration of the streetcar service is anticipated to underscore the overall downtown renaissance occurring in the historic downtown area of Los Angeles according to Metro.^[1]

After narrowing it down to seven possible alignments, one alignment was chosen as the Local-Preferred Alternative in January 2012.^[2] This alignment would travel on Grand Avenue, 1st Street, Broadway, 11th Street, Figueroa Street, 7th Street, and Hill Street, though a second alternative including an alignment on 9th Street instead of 7th Street was also included – thus two Build Alternatives will be studied further for potential development.^[2][3] A Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (Draft EIR/EA) for these two Build Alternatives is currently in preparation, and was expected to be released to the public in Spring 2014.^[1]

As of June 2016, a draft EIR for the streetcar was finished, but only about $80 million of the estimated $280 million construction cost had been identified.^[4]

See also

• Los Angeles Railway
• Pacific Electric

References

1. "City of Los Angeles Restoration of Historic Streetcar Service in Downtown LA". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). February 4, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
2. "Restoration of Historic Streetcar Service in Downtown Los Angeles: Alternatives Analysis Final Report" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). January 13, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
3. "Restoration of Historic Streetcar Service in Downtown Los Angeles: Build Alternatives (Map)" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). November 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
4. http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/06/29/62141/la-streetcar-project-moving-forward-though-questio/