Streetcar Plan

Savannah once had a streetcar system connecting downtown with several early suburbs. A rebirth for this transportation mode could reduce residents’ as well as tourists’ dependence on the automobile and the resulting pressure for parking. Additionally, the streetcar could spur economic development and community revitalization in certain corridors.

Consultants for the MPO are conducting a peer review and case study of successful streetcar systems in similar communities and a guidance technical memorandum for federal streetcar program investment. The result will be documentation of current best practices in streetcar operations and a roadmap showing tasks, decision points and actors to be coordinated over the course of a federally funded streetcar implementation process.

Additional streetcar planning tasks will be assigned to the consultant pending the outcome of an independent planning study currently being carried out by the City of Savannah. Back to Total Mobility Plan page...

Drafts of the Streetcar Plan

Pending.

For more information, questions, or comments, please contact:
Mark Wilkes, Director of Transportation
912-651-1451
wilkesm@thempc.org