Talk:Seattle Streetcar

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Okay, I added the Waterfront Streetcar, as it was the first Streetcar, and may come back in some form or other in the future. I also added the See also section.

On the subject of the Waterfront Streetcar, was it also owned by the City and operated by Metro? What will be the status of the First Hill Streetcar? If it is yes to both, should the last sentence of the first paragraph be updated to recognize this? B/c to me 3 would make a pretty solid pattern for the future, stronger than just 'likely.'

Also, no offense to Alex but to me the first sentence kinda sounds off. To my thinking, it isn't just a proposed system, but one that started 25 years ago, and while slow to grow, grow it is. Don't know how I would go about changing it, and maybe you guys will disagree, but that's my thought.

On the Central Streetcar Line, since it does not have it's own page, should it be expanded? While tying in the other lines into one centralized page was a goal, I'd also like to have some expanded content on the Network that doesn't have a convent home elsewhere.

I found this picture on some blog:

http://seattletransitblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Oran_Central_Streetcar.jpg

p And guessing by the title, we could probably track down the artist... :D

What do you people think about Seattle's Historical Streetcar Network? The city at one time had an extensive streetcar system, something I only realized from bits and pieces here and there on blogs. I think that knowledge would be of public interest. Should it go on here or does it deserve it's own page?

Would this map be of any use? Being on a government website from a government organization, is it not public domain (I really don't know, but I would assume so)?

http://www.seattlestreetcar.org/future.asp

Also would Conlin's statements to The Stranger be of any use?

• Building Light Rail to West Seattle and a Streetcar to Ballard

"I would like to see us extend the South Lake Union Streetcar over to Fremont and over to Ballard," Conlin said. He envisions using the same sort of traffic-signal preemption light rail uses on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South to allow a streetcar to move quickly through traffic. But that's only a stopgap until we can afford to build a Ballard-bound light-rail line, he said. In the meantime, Conlin thinks the city can build a light-rail line to West Seattle within a few years. "I think that that one is relatively easy from a logistic standpoint," he said. "We have to come up with the money, but I don't think it's terribly expensive." A member of the finance committee of Sound Transit, Conlin thinks the voters would approve "a financing plan that makes sense" to pay for the project. He proposes a small utility hike, buy-in from businesses closest to the line, and other tax increases.

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/meet-your-new-mayor/Content?oid=2647953

Also I am adding this page to the See also Sections of relevant pages. Once this page gets more refined, I think we should look at further integrating it, by making mention of the Network in other articles, what say you? At some point, the 'Future Network' section over at the SLUT's page should be removed and simply linked to this page yes? Being so new I am kinda scared to mess with other pages so what say you guys?

(Anc82 (talk) 00:37, 8 December 2009 (UTC))

Thanks for all the work you guys have done!

Great stuff. That'd be great to see if Oran could donate that diagram, or maybe even make a full network diagram (unless he already did, I don't remember.) I think that the historic streetcar network should have its own page, and it would be great if someone more knowledgeable about it than me could delve into that. I don't think government agency-produced documents are in the public domain. Referencing the Conlin proposal would be useful, I think I'll add that right now. I think the SLUT's future section should be removed now.

--Alexseattle (talk) 07:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

The Central Streetcar Line diagram is CC licensed from my Flickr page. Only works by the Federal govt. are in the public domain, other govt. agencies are copyrighted. As for the network map, I spent the whole evening putting this together. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_Streetcar_Network_Map_Connections.png

--Oranviri (talk) 07:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Good stuff, good stuff. So what next do you think? Should we focus on adding content, polishing it up, integrating it into other pages, or what? (Anc82 (talk) 17:59, 9 December 2009 (UTC))

Adding this to the Project Streetcars Wikiproject. Anc82 (talk) 13:21, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

see below

Adding this to the Project Seattle Wikiproject. Anc82 (talk)

thanks Anc82. The customary practice on talk pages is to place the project banner templates at the top of the talk page instead of here at the bottom. I have re-placed the templates up there. 67.86.74.107 (talk) 00:05, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Historic streetcar network

Is there an article elsewhere on Seattle's historic streetcar network, or should that content be added here? - Jmabel | Talk 18:43, 4 September 2011 (UTC)