Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Oklahoma City Council gives streetcar route the go-ahead
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Old Fart" data-source="post: 2300036" data-attributes="member: 4899"><p>The Oklahoma City Council on Tuesday agreed on a route for the $94.4 million downtown streetcar, one of the biggest of the voter-approved MAPS 3 construction projects.</p><p></p><p>Voters approved MAPS 3 in 2009, agreeing to a penny sales tax increase to promote economic development.</p><p></p><p>The 4.6-mile modern streetcar line is to run in a loop through Oklahoma City's central business district. It will tie together the fast-growing MidTown business and residential district and the Bricktown entertainment district.</p><p></p><p>Coupled with the Bricktown Landing boat dock and trails, the streetcar will create a link via rail, boat, bicycle and on foot to the Boathouse District and beyond, opening the Oklahoma River to further development.</p><p></p><p>I think it will kick off the next 20 years of growth in our city, said Nathaniel Harding, chairman of a MAPS 3 streetcar advisory panel that worked several years to craft the proposed route.</p><p></p><p>The route would connect downtown's transit center, Automobile Alley and MidTown, the planned MAPS 3 convention center, a new transit hub at the old Santa Fe Depot, and the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the NBA's Thunder. Tracks would come within a block of the planned MAPS 3 downtown park.</p><p></p><p>For entire article: <a href="http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-council-gives-streetcar-route-the-go-ahead/article/3886343" target="_blank">http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-council-gives-streetcar-route-the-go-ahead/article/3886343</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've never really like the idea of mass transit in OKC before. But with all the new development down there this is beginning to make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Fart, post: 2300036, member: 4899"] The Oklahoma City Council on Tuesday agreed on a route for the $94.4 million downtown streetcar, one of the biggest of the voter-approved MAPS 3 construction projects. Voters approved MAPS 3 in 2009, agreeing to a penny sales tax increase to promote economic development. The 4.6-mile modern streetcar line is to run in a loop through Oklahoma City's central business district. It will tie together the fast-growing MidTown business and residential district and the Bricktown entertainment district. Coupled with the Bricktown Landing boat dock and trails, the streetcar will create a link via rail, boat, bicycle and on foot to the Boathouse District and beyond, opening the Oklahoma River to further development. I think it will kick off the next 20 years of growth in our city, said Nathaniel Harding, chairman of a MAPS 3 streetcar advisory panel that worked several years to craft the proposed route. The route would connect downtown's transit center, Automobile Alley and MidTown, the planned MAPS 3 convention center, a new transit hub at the old Santa Fe Depot, and the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the NBA's Thunder. Tracks would come within a block of the planned MAPS 3 downtown park. For entire article: [url]http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-council-gives-streetcar-route-the-go-ahead/article/3886343[/url] I've never really like the idea of mass transit in OKC before. But with all the new development down there this is beginning to make sense. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Water Cooler
General Discussion
Oklahoma City Council gives streetcar route the go-ahead
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom