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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 14 February 2018 - 12:26 PM

<p>The streetcars are delivered by truck from Pennsylvania, where they&rsquo;re built by Brookville Equipment Corp. Photo: Oklahoma City Streetcar/Twitter</p>The first of seven modern streetcars for the MAPS 3 Oklahoma City Streetcar line has been delivered, another milestone before service is expected to begin late this year.

MAPS 3 is a $777 million capital improvement program to improve the quality of life in Oklahoma City. It is funded by a 1-cent sales tax initiative that began in April 2010 and ended in December 2017. The streetcar line is one of eight projects being funded by the program. 

“It’s an exciting step in the process to have our first modern streetcar delivered to our maintenance facility,” said MAPS 3 Program Manager David Todd. “We expect to begin testing the streetcars on the Bricktown Loop this summer, so people will see them on the street pretty soon.”

The other six streetcars will be delivered one at a time about every three weeks. They’re delivered by truck from Pennsylvania, where they’re built by Brookville Equipment Corp.
<p>The OKC Streetcar will serve 22 stops (rendering shown) with five streetcars. Image: Oklahoma City Streetcar</p>

EMBARK will operate the OKC Streetcar as part of the City’s public transit system.

The streetcar will have two route options: a 2-mile Bricktown loop, and a 4.8-mile mainline serving the rest of the central urban core.

The OKC Streetcar will serve 22 stops with five streetcars, which ride on rails flush with the street. The streetcars use overhead wires for electric power on part of the route, and batteries for the rest.

Each streetcar can carry 104 passengers, and each stop will be served every 12 to 15 minutes.

The streetcar will use City streets in the same way as other vehicles, obeying traffic signals and other rules of the road. EMBARK is developing a safety campaign to educate drivers, pedestrians and cyclists how to avoid accidents once streetcar service begins.

Each OKC Streetcar stop is ADA-accessible for easy boarding with signage, real-time arrival information, covered shelters and a ticket vending machine.

The project budget is $131 million and includes a storage and maintenance facility completed last year.

Herzog-Stacey and Witbeck is building the rail line. Consultants include ADG, Jacobs Engineering, AECOM and SOJ. EMBARK contracted Herzog Transit Services to manage OKC Streetcar’s day-to-day operations.

MAPS 3 funds eight projects: Downtown Convention Center, Downtown Public Park, Modern Streetcar/Transit, Oklahoma River Improvements, Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Improvements, Senior Health and Wellness Centers, Trails and Sidewalks.

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Posted 14 February 2018 - 08:15 PM

Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoman / newsok.com  ,  2/14/18:

 


Streetcar eased onto the rails in Oklahoma City

 

Oklahoma City's first streetcar was unloaded onto the rails near the streetcar maintenance garage downtown on Tuesday morning.

 

 

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Posted 25 February 2018 - 12:47 PM

 

 

Second Streetcar Arrives In Oklahoma City

 

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Posted 26 February 2018 - 01:28 AM

I was thinking, Sound Transit bought a few too, for Tacoma LINK. Ironically, when the Thunder were the Sonics, they spent a year in Tacoma while the Seattle Center Coliseum was being transformed into the KeyArena.

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Posted 26 February 2018 - 09:59 AM

IIRC Tacoma LINK's streetcar order was piggybacked with Portland Streetcar.



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Posted 27 February 2018 - 03:17 AM

That was the original Skoda cars. For the Hilltop Extension, they ordered Brookville Liberty streetcars.

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Posted 11 March 2018 - 08:14 AM

Short video of streetcar on test run.

 

http://kfor.com/2018...-on-test-drive/



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Posted 13 March 2018 - 09:05 AM

 

 

Blue streetcar arrives in Oklahoma City to undergo tests

 

OKLAHOMA CITY - Drivers around downtown Oklahoma City may get the chance to see a different vehicle hitting the streets.

"....hitting the streets" ? Odd choice of words. :wacko: Sloan

 

http://kfor.com/2018...-undergo-tests/



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Posted 31 March 2018 - 06:45 AM

 

 

102-year-old woman reminisces about time on early Oklahoma City street car

OKLAHOMA CITY - Residents lined up to be one of the first to step onto the Oklahoma City streetcar on Friday morning.

Some brought mementos from the original Oklahoma streetcar, which started running in 1903.

Edna Tims was a part of that history.

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Posted 01 July 2018 - 07:18 PM

KFOR-TV Oklahoma City, OK 6/20/18:
 

Oklahoma City Streetcar starts testing Tuesday. City officials give safety tips for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians

 

 

OKLAHOMA CITY - You voted to have it in 2009 and, now, the MAPS 3 Modern Streetcar is in its last phase before becoming operational later this year. With that comes a learning curve for pedestrians, drivers and cyclists.

 

Oklahoma City Streetcar is gearing up for testing starting Tuesday night.

 

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While the streetcar testing starts this week, it's going on for the next several months. Then, by the end of 2018, it's going to be in full operation.

 

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