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streetcar
noun
street·car
ˈstrēt-ˌkär 
: a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically operating on city streets
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Since then, city officials have sought denser, more walkable development in the city’s urban core, especially with the opening of the Main Street streetcar extension.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
The Pontchartrain History towers over history at this Garden District Hotel, 14 floors of flapper era stateliness adjacent to St Charles Avenue, itself one of the most beautiful streets in the country, all live oaks and Oz-emerald streetcars.
—Outside, 17 Feb. 2026
Buses and River Rail streetcars will run.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026
As streetcars gave way to private automobiles, the government built interstates and white flight swelled the suburbs, our city infrastructure was refashioned to favor cars.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
The Pontchartrain History towers over history at this Garden District Hotel, 14 floors of flapper era stateliness adjacent to St Charles Avenue, itself one of the most beautiful streets in the country, all live oaks and Oz-emerald streetcars.
—Outside, 17 Feb. 2026
Buses and River Rail streetcars will run.
—The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026
As streetcars gave way to private automobiles, the government built interstates and white flight swelled the suburbs, our city infrastructure was refashioned to favor cars.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Streetcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetcar. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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streetcar
noun
street·car
-ˌkär
: a passenger vehicle that runs on rails and typically operates on city streets
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