The Business Journal stated that: "The Loop was home to a streetcar system until 1966."
The return of streetcars will make for a great 50th anniversary.
The return of streetcars will make for a great 50th anniversary.
These projects come with a lot of street rebuilding. How much does that add to its costs? Depends of course. For example for the Cross County Extension Forest Park Parkway was rebuilt.
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Is there still going to be a gigantic internet pipe laidf down along side these tracks?
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Yeah, that' appears still to be the plan.sirshankalot wrote:Is there still going to be a gigantic internet pipe laidf down along side these tracks?
http://stltechtalk.com/new-year-new-pub ... abit-loop/
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From the article:Presbyterian wrote:Yeah, that' appears still to be the plan.sirshankalot wrote:Is there still going to be a gigantic internet pipe laidf down along side these tracks?
http://stltechtalk.com/new-year-new-pub ... abit-loop/
So this project also includes a big wifi network for the Loop? Am I understanding this right?“Currently there is nothing like this kind of service in The Delmar Loop area with Gigabit speed capability.” Sandel declares, “There will be a free public WiFi service and there will also be a business and residential service.”
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^ I wasn't aware there was going to be a free public wi-fi component to the project; I thought it was just going to be for residential/business. So nice to see!
Loop Trolley groundbreaking March 12 at 11 a.m. in The Loop at Delmar and Limit Ave.
I won't believe it until Elliot Davis starts shoving his mic in someone's face about cost overruns.quincunx wrote:Loop Trolley groundbreaking March 12 at 11 a.m. in The Loop at Delmar and Limit Ave.
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"You paid for it... but will you use it? FOX 2 investigates! We asked 20 random people from Ballwin, Manchester, and Chesterfield what they thought about the new trolley."
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I won't believe it until...
"Unnamed police sources say the suspects evaded arrest by riding the Loop Trolley after robbing [insert store here]."
"Unnamed police sources say the suspects evaded arrest by riding the Loop Trolley after robbing [insert store here]."
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I just saw cats and dogs living together so maybe this thing really is happening.
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Wasn't Mayor Shelley involved in the attempted lawsuit against the trolley last year?"This day has been a long time in coming,” said University City Mayor Shelley Welsch. “The idea for the Loop Trolley was born in the last century.”
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I really hope this is a great success. If this fails it's gonna be that much harder to push for real transit lines we all want to see.
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^ and if it is successful i REALLY hope we see it extended down Delmar to the CWE. it would be so easy… just a straight shot.
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I would live to see it extended all the way to and down Boyle to the Cortex metrolink station.
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I find it a bit troubling that the city of StL has applied for $6m in fed funds thru east west gateway for this project....maybe they started construction because the fix is in for those funds since EWG staff will decide which projects get it
http://urbanstl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=10604
http://urbanstl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=10604
What circumstances will require this to be classified as a "failure"? At its best it's a fun and historically applicable connection between major St. Louis attractions expanding transit options for tourists and and locals. It may also extend development in that part of the city. At its worst it will be a trolley that no one uses much but still adds visual variety and life to the street scape of the Loop and SD/DeBaliviere Place/Forest Park.
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^ At its worst it will be a construction boondoggle that hurts business, creates overhead wires that a majority of people dislike, and folds due to insufficient operational funding. Streetcar becomes unmentionable in the region for years.
Not saying that will happen, but let's cross our fingers that this works out relatively well.
Not saying that will happen, but let's cross our fingers that this works out relatively well.
These are going to look fantastic running up and down Delmar. And seeing them in action, the relationship with the History Museum and Forest Park also really makes sense.
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The bridge is closed and lane restrictions on the rest of DeBaliviere start on April 20th. It'll be interesting to watch this come together even bough it's been kind of a pain to navigate around since they closed DeBaliviere.
Opening up some of the other streets would help.
Can't wait to see DeBaliviere redone.
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Can't wait to see DeBaliviere redone.
