Quote Originally Posted by soonerguru View Post
OK. So this is a new one. Shadid just posted the following on Facebook:



Is he saying the Portland streetcar travels at 6 mph? Also, won't the planned OKC streetcars have the technology to change traffic signals? Anyone care to answer this charge with some substance?
Streetcars are cool but we need to understand what they can and cannot do and what we need to do to make them successful. If not running in it's own lane the streetcar does not represent rapid transit.
A streetcar is supposed to be "rapid transit"? I never knew.