There is a certain happiness sighted when your bus comes along. It is of course a small specialized form of happiness and will never be a great thing.

-Richard Brautigan, The Old Bus

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The West Sacramento Streetcar



LivingInUrbanSac points out that the city's Preservation Commission is discussing the concept a streetcar running on the Capitol Mall.

The video includes a suggestion that the tracks might be laid down the median grass. That would be an excellent idea. This is something that's been done in Europe. Here are a view examples from this blog.




For those interested in the West Sacramento Streetcar project, here's the draft EIR that was before the Sacramento City Preservation Committee on April 1, 2009:

Downtown Riverfront Streetcar Study Draft EIR

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