by Max Grossman Tomorrow under agenda item 17 our City Council will decide the fate of our insolvent streetcars, which are
Category: Trolley
A Streetcar Named Conspire
An alert reader tipped me to this item on June 19 Metropolitan Planning Organization agenda. How about a little operating
How America Killed Mass Transit
From CityLab.com: One hundred years ago, the United States had a public transportation system that was the envy of the
“A Streetcar Named Quagmire”
From the Wall Street Journal: St. Louis business leaders looking to boost tourism and development spent years bringing the Loop
Shank Shank Shank Went the Trolley
First they said it was a bus stop, then they said it was a Sun Metro stop, but I think
Clank Clank Clank Went the Trolley
The El Paso Times reported yesterday on the City’s streetcar debacle. Sun Metro officials are looking for ways to boost
The City’s Streetcar Fetish
The City is facing budget shortfalls while the trolley is bleeding money because of a lack of riders. The obvious
Free Streetcar Rides!
Good news! If you are one of those people who usually takes the bus from UTEP to downtown, or vice
Welcome to the Apocalypse
It’s happening. This was the sign taped to the door of the Pat O’Rourke Center today. Meanwhile the trolley glides
The Trouble With TIRZs
You might no be so pissed off when you wrote that property tax check if your money was going for
Cissy, Puhleeze
An alert reader forwarded me the latest update from District 8 Representative Cissy Lizarraga. Serving the public is not easy;
Retrovision: Taking a Ride
This article originally appeared on 21 November 2016. How long do you think the trolley will run every day? How
Why The Streetcars Don’t Work
If you take Sun Metro from the Glory Road Transfer Center to the Downtown Transfer Center, the bus leaves every
Life is Subject to Change
Here’s an ad for the trolley in this week’s El Paso Inc. Here’s a closer look. Lemme bring it in
Trolley Follies
No matter how you feel about the trolley conceptually, you have to admit that the execution has been disappointing. There
More Trolley News
Brutus from over there at ElPasoSpeak.com advises his readers that City Council is proposing a new ordinance restricting parking along
A Bad Omen
This from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: After nearly six decades in operation, including many years as the only
Maybe They’re Sick
When you make decisions behind closed doors, without public input, you better be right. So far, our city hasn’t been
Trolley News
A couple of weeks ago I went to one of the “Trolley Safety Meetings.” The meeting was in the auditorium
The Stanton Street Bike Lane
To accommodate the trolley running down the middle of Stanton Street, the City choked it down to one lane each