Little Rock — Streetcar Extension Opens

Rail Transit Online, February 2007

The half-mile (0.8 km) double-track extension of the River Rail streetcar along Commerce and Third streets to the Bill Clinton Presidential Center will open Feb. 16 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by free rides for two days.  The $8.7-million project is expected to generate 2,000 new passengers per month, about a 20-percent increase.  The new operating schedule calls for three of the Central Arkansas Transit Authority's five Gomaco replica Birney streetcars to operate daily, with four running on Saturdays and during special events.  “This will better balance our coverage between the two routes,” CATA Executive Director Keith Jones told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.  “This will give us more frequency, too, on the North Little Rock side.”