A Streetcar Study Session has been scheduled for Tuesday at the City Council Chambers, prior to the regular council meeting.
The hour-long study session, at 333 W. Ocean Blvd., is set from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., to review a limited feasibility study.
City Council members will receive a presentation and by Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc. (HDR), in partnership with the city's Public Works.
In May 2007, the council requesed a study to determine the estimated costs and funding sources for a streetcar service.
The system would have links from downtown to vital points of interest in Long Beach that may include Long Beach State, L.B.City College, East Village Arts District, Bixby Knolls, Belmont Shore, Long Beach Memorial, St. Mary's Medical Center and the city's small business corridors.
The city planners were asked to examine ways the streetcars could complement other transportation options offered by Long Beach Transit; provide a green transportation alternative for moving people; review the financial viability of establishing streetcar lines; and reduce short inner-city auto trips, parking demand and traffic congestion.
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