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As a city council member in Mount Rainier, on the Ward 5 border along Rhode Island Ave, I also want to see the Rhode Island Ave streetcar! The historic turnaround of the old streetcar line was in Mount Rainier (now our traffic circle/bus stop). Retail spaces in the entire Rhode Island Ave corridor were built when the streetcar was running and its return would help revitalize those spaces.

Our communities are bigger than our political boundaries, and our needs are best met by working together. Affordable transportation options are crucial in tough economic times and the cost of fossil fuel is only going to rise over the time it takes to build the streetcar (and then over its service lifetime). But as the writer says, we need to be mindful of affordable housing options and keeping long time residents in their homes as property values rise.

by Brent Bolin on Jun 28, 2012 2:45 pm • link • report

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