Economy
When It Comes to Streetcars and Economic Development, There's So Much We Don't Know
Both BRT and streetcars are championed as tools for development. But only one has evidence to back that up.
In the wake of the Great Recession, it's become common for city officials to describe public transportation as a tool for economic development as much as (or more than) an instrument for urban mobility. Take two recent examples.
Here's Senator Claire McCaskill reacting to a new federal TIGER grant awarded to the Kansas City streetcar: