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Streetcars launch in Sulari, Neveras City
More infrastructure to be sought if Pilot is successful
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
January 31, 5522


The Kaliburg Streetcar is introduced in Sulari and Neveras in Pilot Study

The Kalistani transportation firm Transpo (KalSiE: TRA) has concluded a contract with the Free City of Sulari and the City of Nevaras City to build 75 street cars, based on the Kaliburg Streetcar model and lay tracks in both towns. The electric street cars are fed by overhead powerline, and run on an electrical track that powers the motor for the vehicle. One Streetcar motor can pull an additional tram carrying a max of 36 passengers each, which is 22 more passengers than a single city bus.

"Streetcars are a long time feature of Kaliburg," said Sulari's Assistant City Manager Valerie Doggert, "and after doing a comprehensive five year study that compared their public transportation system to Sulari's, we found that their system is more expensive to operate, but saves significantly in fuel and maintenance cost over Sulari's public system. Additionally, their streets are on average 40% less congested than similar streets in Sulari. We could conceivably replace up to 30 percent of our bus fleet with regular schedule street cars down town, open up foot space per lane for cars, and also create a bike lane in a system which will start generating positive revenues in less than 10 years. The City Councilors have thus approved the program unanimously, as a pilot, and have given us 15 years to build the infrastructure and operate it." Nevaras City has also approved a similar program, and would like to test the cost effectiveness of the program in a less densly populated urban environment.

"Ultimately, if these pilots are successful, we'd like to see the Streetcar infrastructure expand further out from the city center, to include more of the suburbs and outlying neighborhoods," said Doggert. "I also think that successful pilots in Sulari and Neveras should give other municipalities the data they need to begin building similar infrastructure for public transit in their cities, and stop relying on busses and taxis so heavily."

Doggert also said the City of Sulari and the Duchy of Suldanor are looking into beginning a light commuter rail service between Sulari and surrounding local communities. "That will be a harder lift, I think, once we get too far outside the metropolitan area, because the RailSul already connects Sulari with adjacent cities. But the goal is to cut down on traffic congestion and travel times from the suburbs and exurbs, so it would still be economically feasible to provide that service and then once the initial fees are laid out, we can maintain it on user fees and public transportation money."

TRA's price in the KALSIE increased 2% on the news, and trade volume remains steady around the stock.