With an eye toward spurring economic development in downtown Grand Rapids, The Rapid transit board approved an eight-month feasibility study for establishing a streetcar line downtown. The streetcar would not only connect key destination in the city's core, but would also connect areas south of the city with downtown.
According to excerpts from the story:
GRAND RAPIDS -- The streetcars some desire for downtown are inching toward the tracks after The Rapid transit board unanimously approved spending nearly $360,000 in federal and state funds for a consultant's study.
The board is asking DMJM Harris, a transportation consultant, to determine whether streetcars would work in Grand Rapids and help spur development.
The streetcar idea has caught the imagination of some local leaders.
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