Oklahoma City Modern Streetcar

[Jeff Smith]

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/1072 ... ty-council

June 01--The first formally proposed full route of the downtown Oklahoma City modern streetcar has arrived now that the locations of other MAPS 3 projects are known.

The Citizen Advisory Board presented the city council with its preferred route for the streetcar, including a proposed southern route for the first time. The board's transit subcommittee had held off on vetting the southern portion of the route until the locations of the MAPS 3 convention center and intermodal transportation hub were known.

In recent months, the council decided upon the site of an old Ford dealership west of Chesapeake Energy Arena for the convention center, and the Santa Fe Train Depot will be the site of the transit hub. The southern portion takes that into account, along with residential areas on the east side of the train tracks.

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City Public Works Director Eric Wenger said there's still work to be done to decide what the streetcar and other elements of transportation downtown will look like, but planners are taking a long-term view.

"We have not selected things like track types or the power system for the car," Wenger said.