Modern streetcar
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Modern streetcar is a form of rail transit with these characteristics:
- Provides local transit in place of bus with frequent stops
- Exists in urban core areas or other areas slated for high density developments
- Vehicles smaller, lighter, and slower than light rail to better blend in with street environment. (Some may be just a single light rail car, rather than multi-car train)
- Fully accessible vehicles with other modern features like air conditioning and automatic stop announcement.
Some of the cities that have modern streetcars also have a larger scale light rail system, and these systems may be compatible and can inter-operate.
Modern streetcar systems
- Cincinnati Bell Connector
- Dallas Streetcar
- KC Streetcar
- Oklahoma City Streetcar
- Portland Streetcar
- Portland Streetcar A/B Loop Line
- Portland Streetcar North/South Line
- QLINE
- Seattle Streetcar
- Seattle Streetcar First Hill Line
- Seattle Streetcar South Lake Union Line
- Sound Transit Link T Line
- Sun Link
- The Hop MKE
- UTA S-Line
- Valley Metro Streetcar