Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) wants the city to do something to prevent cyclists from riding into the streetcar tracks along H Street NE. more ›

Like Mayor Vince Gray's slogan or not, the H Street NE streetcar will be known as the "One City Line." more ›

Still trying to conjure up images of what the new D.C. streetcars on H Street NE will look like? Conjure no more—the D.C. Department of Transportation produced two video simulations of the streetcars in operation. more ›

This week, the D.C. Department of Transportation tested its first three streetcars and signed a contract to buy two more. more ›

As part of his 2013 budget, Mayor Vince Gray has proposed a number of transit-related initiatives—including a 50-cent surcharge on all taxicab rides, more speed cameras and more efficient parking enforcement officers. more ›

DDOT is studying what to do with M Street SW/SE as the Southwest Waterfront and Navy Yard become more populated. Longtime residents are worried about their parking spaces. more ›

Plenty of folks still want to know one simple thing -- where are the H Street NE streetcars going to end up? more ›

Yesterday, Greater Greater Washington reported a streetcar bombshell: the 11th Street Bridge, currently undergoing an extensive $300 million renovation, would not feature local streetcar tracks as previously planned. So who's to blame? more ›

While the region has been focused on the drama regarding the Metro station at Dulles International Airport and where it will be built, it's important to remember that the District is fighting a similar battle over how to connect its H Street streetcar line to Union Station. more ›

Michael Neibauer has some exciting news for those anxiously awaiting the operation of streetcars along H Street NE: the city has taken the first step towards procuring a private operator for the vehicles. more ›

When it comes to the District's streetcars, the Committee of 100 on the Federal City is diametrically opposed to overhead wires. It's just become kind of common knowledge among those who follow transit news in the region, kind of like how every Redskins fan knows that Dan Snyder will recklessly spend a lot of money on old free agents or everyone in town knows to stock up on bread before snow hits the area. But, in fairness to the C100, they don't actually hate the idea of installing streetcars -- far from it. At least that's the takeaway from a 91-page report released by the Commission earlier this week. more ›

If you're someone who likes to keep a close eye on the dealings of the District, today is a big day. Two important hearings -- one in the morning and one in the afternoon -- are on deck, both of which many a DCist reader will probably want to keep an eye on. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, the District Department of Transportation released an updated version of its streetcar plan [PDF], the most detailed document to date about the plans of where D.C.'s streetcars will go and how the city is planning to pay for them. The plan also documents logistical alternatives for the routing of the streetcar line, options for maintenance facilities, discussion of the streetcars' power supply, the vehicles which will run on the tracks and provides a general status update for both the H Street/Benning Road and Anacostia projects. more ›

We got a couple of breathless tips today regarding this report by WUSA9, quite broadly titled "DC's Streetcar Project Halted For Now," in which the Anacostia streetcar line was said to be heading "into mothballs." Well, that's news to us! The story made a big deal about a temporary halt in construction on the two-year old project, making sure to mention the "unfinished rails jutted into weeds." more ›

In a lightning fast reversal, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray introduced an amendment Wednesday afternoon restoring $47 million in funding for the city's streetcar project. The measure passed mere hours after Gray pushed through a budget proposal that stripped $49 million from the streetcar plan. more ›

UPDATE: In a lightning fast reversal, the Council has restored $47 million to the streetcar project. Story here. more ›

Transit nerds! Still haven't stopped by to check out the Streetcar Showcase? Would you by any chance like to arrive there on a trolley? more ›

City officials gathered Wednesday morning to open the Streetcar Showcase, a four-day exhibit designed to get residents excited about the streetcars the District hopes will soon begin operating in Anacostia and on H Street/Benning Road. more ›

For those of you who, like us, got suckered today by DDOTDC's Twitter feed into thinking there was going to be some actual news about the future of D.C.'s streetcar program, allow us to properly phrase our collective response: pttttttttttttttthhhbt! The "exciting news" teased this morning turns out to be merely more details on an upcoming event that the transportation department already announced back in December. It's not nice to toy with us, DDOT! more ›

Obviously, we're fond of recently-passed indie icon Alex Chilton around these parts. Fitting then, that one of Chilton's most well-known stanzas -- "hangin' out / down the street / the same old thing / we did last week" -- so accurately describes some of the delays in H Street NE's evolution into the city's next corridor du jour. more ›

On Tuesday, the District Department of Transportation released the above images of the city's three streetcars being loaded up for shipping. That's good news, considering D.C. taxpayers have been paying to store the streetcars in the Czech Republic for over four years now. DDOT says these images show the streetcars being loaded onto flatbed trucks in the Czech Republic and then arriving in Hamburg, Germany. They are expected to make it to D.C., by ship, in mid-December. more ›

Just as work to lay down tracks for the H Street NE streetcar line disrupted traffic in August, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation is warning drivers that the ongoing installation of streetcar tracks for the Anacostia Line will change traffic patterns at the intersection of South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue for the next couple of weeks. more ›

It's been a while since we've posted such a sweet piece of transit porn; so, streetcar advocates, feel free to keep drooling as you read the rest of this text. To the right (and in more detail here), you'll find DDOT's comprehensive idea for an expanded streetcar network, based on the existing plans for H Street NE and Anacostia. more ›

The District Department of Transportation is bringing its show on the road in the coming month in an effort to do public outreach in all eight wards on the biggest projects in its pipeline, including those streetcars you've been hearing so much about. You may have seen different versions of this list of upcoming public meetings, but below is the revised, and most up-to-date, calendar now available. more ›

Transit nerds rejoice! The District's long-long-long-awaited return to streetcars -- the vehicles for which have lied in a state of chrysalis in the Czech Republic for several years -- has begun to take form, as tracks are beginning to be laid in Southeast D.C. Although the streetcar plans have been kicked around in some shape or form for quite some time, the visible laying of tracks, beams, and the such is certainly the project's most exciting development, as the Post notes. Neighborhood blog Barry Farm (Re)Mixed brings us the visual evidence that, yes, we're well on our way to combining the least annoying parts about Metrorail, taking the bus and walking into one easy to use moving solution. more ›

The District Department of Transportation is moving ahead with the installation of streetcar slabs and tracks along H Street NE, despite the fact that the streetcars themselves still have several planning hurdles to overcome before they'll be cleared to start running. But the laying of tracks will cause two intersections on H Street to be temporarily closed this week. more ›

District Department of Transportation director Gabe Klein is set to meet with the public tonight to provide an update on the epically delayed plans for a streetcar line along H Street NE. The project is the second of two stalled streetcar plans, the other along South Capitol Street in Anacostia. In advance of tonight's big meeting, which is being co-hosted by Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 5B, 6A and 6C, the Washington Business Journal's Jonathon O'Connell provides a preview. more ›

Written by former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent more ›