{"id":13073,"date":"2015-07-16T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=13073"},"modified":"2015-07-16T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T15:31:25","slug":"charlottes-streetcar-is-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=13073","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte&#8217;s streetcar is running!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First Ride on Charlotte&#039;s New Streetcar - CityLinx Gold Line\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eTB-q8fE5a0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Note that most of this video is CGA, not real video<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Gold Line streetcar - first inaugural trip\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FBtTZJPNk6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 1890s!  The past is the future.  $50+ million later and in only a year, the 1.5 mile streetcar system opened for &#8220;business&#8221; Tuesday.   My memory was it was supposed to open on the 20th<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Gold Line Streetcar - first &amp; second inaugural trips meet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1MQ3VN3PPI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, each streetcar won&#8217;t need a police escort after the first day.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/local\/article27195349.html<\/p>\n<p>Things in DC are not going as well.  Their system started construction in 2011 and has yet to carry its first passenger.  The main contribution to the city has been $100k in parking tickets for blocking the tracks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/07\/15\/dc-streetcar-hasnt-carried-a-single-passenger-but-its-collected-100000-in-parking-fines\/\">http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/07\/15\/dc-streetcar-hasnt-carried-a-single-passenger-but-its-collected-100000-in-parking-fines\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note that most of this video is CGA, not real video Welcome to the 1890s! The past is the future. $50+ million later and in only a year, the 1.5 mile streetcar system opened for &#8220;business&#8221; Tuesday. My memory was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=13073\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13073"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13078,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13073\/revisions\/13078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}