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The city approved the restoration. The rails are coming back to San Diego.

June 28, 2012

San Diego Historic Class 1 Streetcars

San Diego Historic Class 1 Streetcars

🏆 Won — 122 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 9 months ago
San Diego once had a beautiful and unique form of public transportation: The Class 1 Streetcars. This fleet of 24 streetcars was built for the 1915 Panama California Exposition, which was the event that gave us Balboa Park as we know it today. They carried thousands to and from that event and continued serving San Diegans for 24 years after it. These streetcars are the only truly historic option we have for public transit in our city and returning them to their original rails will make them eligible for National Historic Landmark Status. San Diego could have a Historic Streetcar line akin to the cable cars in San Francisco and streetcars in New Orleans. Like those systems, these streetcars could serve our inner city neighborhoods both as a fun form of transit for locals and as an iconic attraction for tourists. And with the impending centennial celebration of the 1915 Exposition there is no better time to see them restored and returned to their original route. I, the undersigned, wish to see the Historic Class 1 Streetcars restored and returned to their original route in time for the centennial celebration of the Panama California Exposition in 2015.

Updates

June 1, 2012

The momentum for these streetcars is officially real. Thank you for pushing this vision forward.

Reached 100 supporters

June 1, 2012

7 Comments

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Nora hussey
12 years ago Featured

Streetcars would be a welcome mode of transportation and a way to promote our neighborhood communities.

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Sarah Kim
15 years ago Featured

i remember my gran talking about these. it would be so cool to see them running again in balboa park! perfect for the centennial.

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Mike Perez
15 years ago Featured

This city needs more charm and less traffic. Get these things back on the tracks before they rot away completely.

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Elena Graham
15 years ago Featured

why aren't we doing this already? SF and New Orleans make it work perfectly fine. let's bring back some history to the downtown area.

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David Young
15 years ago Featured

YES PLEASE. way better than the bus.

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Kevin Cole
15 years ago Featured

restore them now!! san diego is losing all its character to these boring modern condos.

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Chris Schlueter
12 years ago

How about reconnecting to Golden Hill via Broadway?