NYC should have trams

Working notes for building a case for trams in NYC

A seedling-stage note

Last tended Jul 27, 2025 originally posted Jul 27, 2025

Working notes, still a work in progress.

Trams should play a part in the NYC transit ecosystem, as they have in its past and as they do in many thriving cities around the world. Here I've begun an outline of the case and a plan.

  1. principles for trams in NYC
  2. reasoning for trams in NYC
  3. history of streetcars in NYC
  4. locations for trams in NYC
  5. funding of trams in NYC
  6. political roadmap for trams in NYC
  7. procurement of trams in NYC
  8. nyc-trams-operation