Em Hall of Metro-Venture shares some first impressions from the D.C. Streetcar showcase at the Old Convention Center, where the District Department of Transportation invited the public to take a first look at a prototype streetcar over the last few days. As you can see from the photos above (culled from the DCist photo pool), DDOT is going for the same visual branding it employed for the popular Circulator line. Presuming some so-called preservationists drop…

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? Ward 6’s Tommy Wells is hosting a little streetcar tour party tonight, complete with a ride to and from the H Street NE corridor aboard an Old Town Trolley. A schedule of the festivities is below: 4 p.m. – The Old Town Trolley will depart Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333…

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. A short stretch of track has been temporarily placed on the old convention center parking lot at 9th and H Streets NW, with one of the three streetcars the city already owns perched atop them. The public is invited to…