I'd love to see the Loyola streetcar go down OC Haley and then down Jackson to the Riverfront line.
I also think the streetcars need to have a much stronger focus on speed though. I'm tired of this attitude that the slow lumbering streetcar doesn't need to go faster because we have a "slow pace of life" but in reality only tourists can afford to burn 40-50 minutes getting to the CBD. Most locals will just hop in their car and zoom down Claiborne or Tchoup, and that's a problem.
If we spend $150M to build a St Claude streetcar that's slower than the bus it's replacing, that's not a good use of money. It's not like there's some unlimited demand for tourist theme-park rides.
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