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Dayton — Trolley Proposal Revived

Rail Transit Online, September 2003

Backers of a heritage streetcar line to link the various sites of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park have revived a shorter version of the proposal, which was abandoned three years ago because it appeared there were too many problems to overcome.  The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) commissioned a $900,000 federally-funded study by consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff which was presented to the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission on Aug. 27.  The commission would have to approve the project before financing could be sought.  The trolleys would serve the Wright Cycle Shop and Interpretive Center at West Third and Williams streets, continue through downtown and terminate at the Oregon Historic District.  The rail system would be supplemented by enhanced bus service to other sites including the U.S. Air Force Museum.  “What I really like about this plan is that it is the historic route the Wright brothers took,” Jerry Sharkey of Aviation Trail Inc., a nonprofit group which helped create the national park, told the Dayton Daily News.  If the planning commission gives its stamp of approval, the next step will be an environmental study and preliminary engineering, a process requiring three to five years according to a Parsons-Brinckerhoff official.

 

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