A city’s streetcar system can be many things. But it can’t be everything. New research from the University of Kansas has found that cities with underperforming streetcar systems often get there by setting too many—and sometimes conflicting—goals for what they want the transit systems to accomplish.
Study: Conflicting goals, focus on economic development lead to underperforming streetcar systems
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