After delays due to delivery issues, the new dual-mode electric Inekon streetcars that will work Seattle’s First Hill streetcar line are finally on the property, and final assembly is on pace for the line to begin service this summer.
Meanwhile streetcars are also about to return to other cities in the U.S. and around the world. While safety regulations in the United States make it impossible, several European countries have trams and light-rail lines sharing tracks with mainline railroad service.