Charlotte Streetcar Begins Service on 1.5-Mile Run

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NC: Charlotte Streetcar Begins Service on 1.5-Mile Run

STEVE HARRISON AND ELY PORTILLO ON JUL 15, 2015
SOURCE: THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER


July 14--Charlotte opened its first streetcar line in 77 years Tuesday morning with a ceremony highlighted with a spirited speech by former mayor and current U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

The city held the event, which was moved because of rain, outside of the city's bus terminal. The streetcar opened to the public at 1 p.m.

"I never dreamed it would be anything like this. I'm overwhelmed," said Charlotte resident Cathy Mullins, who was on the streetcar's first public ride. "It doesn't seem like I'm in Charlotte."

She joined about 50 people, including media and city officials, on the first ride from Time Warner Cable Arena to Elizabeth. .......(more)

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1. Over 70 Years ago, General Motors convinced Cities to rip up their rails, dispose of the trolleys

and buy their smoke belching city buses.