The Best Reader Comments: The Great Streetcar Showdown

CityLab recently looked at two Midwestern cities that just launched downtown streetcar lines: Kansas City, Missouri, and Cincinnati, Ohio. The doughty streetcar has been enjoying a modest resurgence over the last decade, with many cities across the U.S. bringing back their systems for a second act. While ridership has been pretty strong so far in both KC and Cinci, the jury is still out on whether this venerable transit option can bring wider economic benefits and compete with buses as an efficient people mover.

Readers with strong feelings on the topic wrestled with the question in the comments. Here’s a look at the conversation.