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[KevinKorell]

WLWT-TV, Channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH, 9/9/16:

 

Cincinnati streetcar begins operations Friday - like it or not

 

After a 65-year dry spell, Cincinnati will have an operating streetcar once again.

 

The newly-christened Cincinnati Bell Connector will officially start taking passengers on a 3.6-mile loop after a grand opening ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday.

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[KevinKorell]

Cincinnati, OH Enquirer, 9/9/16:
 

What you need to know about the streetcar

 
 
Cincinnati's streetcar finally has arrived at the finish line. By that, we mean it's reached the beginning – having cleared a decade of political hurdles, twists and turns en route to Friday's much-anticipated opening to the public.

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[KevinKorell]

Progressive Railroading, 9/12/16:

Cincinnati launches new streetcar system

The Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar opened late last week, marking the city's first streetcar service in 65 years.

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[CNJRoss]

Progressive Railroading, 9/15:

 

Cincinnati streetcar provides 50,000 trips in opening weekend

 

The Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar logged 50,646 passenger trips during its opening weekend, which was Sept. 9-11.

Rides were free on the 3.6-mile line for those days. Revenue service began Monday. Passes now cost $1 for two hours or $2 for an all-day pass.

 

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[Sloan]

Here's a hatchet job from the Reason Foundation complete with vulgar headline and the usual canard about making a profit.

 

["If the streetcar is ever to be profitable....]

 

  Sloan

 

http://reason.com/bl...nch-is-disaster

[Sloan]

 

 

Taking a spin on Cincinnati's long-debated, new $148-million streetcar (photos, video)

CINCINNATI, Ohio – I took a tour of central Cincinnati recently, aboard the city's new streetcar.

I boarded near the city's historic Findlay Market, wound past Fountain Square, then continued south toward the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Great American Ball Park. I hopped off for dinner just north of the JACK Cincinnati Casino.

http://www.cleveland...cinnatis_l.html

 

Re the SNIP below; it would be better to run the next line across the Ohio River to the airport, IMO.  That plan would attract a broader constituency.  Sloan

 

 

 

 

 Talks continue over the proposed second phase of the streetcar line, which would link Cincinnati's downtown and Over-the-Rhine neighborhoods with the city's "Pill Hill" area, home to the University of Cincinnati and a half-dozen hospitals.  

Edited by Sloan, 28 September 2016 - 10:06 AM.

[Sloan]

 

 

City to SORTA: Speed up the streetcar or else

 

The Cincinnati streetcar continues to run behind schedule, not meeting a promise of no more than a 15-minute wait at any station.

http://www.cincinnat...-else/91481916/

[Sloan]

 

 

Officials Say Streetcar Ticket Machine Working Much Better

 

In October, a Cincinnati council majority was ready to end a contract with the company responsible for the streetcar ticket vending machines.  Now that firm says the problems have been addressed and it's offering a three-year extended warranty on the devices.  

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