(Cincinnati does not have a lock on being silly about trying to use streetcar spin to make city “look” first class.)
A nonprofit effort to build a streetcar line in Detroit could try to piggyback off of Cincinnati’s order of five streetcars from CAF USA, according to a published report.
M1, a nonprofit consortium of Detroit businesses and nonprofit organizations building a $137 million 3.3-mile-long streetcar line in that city, is working on a request-for-proposal set to be issued in October for six streetcars, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.
Cincinnati’s streetcars are similar to the type for which M1 is looking.
“M1 took a special interest in Cincinnati’s $20 million procurement of five streetcars,” Crains reported.
M1 leaders have looked at buying six streetcars on their own or “attaching themselves to another system’s order, which is a common practice in the transit industry because it can reduce turnaround time and cost,” according to Crain’s.
via Detroit streetcar effort may piggyback off of Cincinnati – Cincinnati Business Courier.


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