streetcar
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Repetitive imagery of freeways, streetcar tracks, even horses seem to torture the main characters for feeling stuck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Engineering student Mahmoud Bassam, 24, has visited Alexandria just to ride the streetcar "since our tram in Cairo was removed", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
With the advent of the electric streetcar, many trolley companies built parks as destinations for their new modes of transport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
King County Metro Transit said Thursday the South Lake Union streetcar won’t be in service from noon Friday to 3 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
The city was constantly changing—day by day, old buildings were being knocked down to make room for newer ones and a labyrinth of streetcar rails was being laid.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Not until the 1890s would technological advances make it practical to operate streetcars with electric motors and buses with gasoline-powered engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Now, Egyptians young and old have flocked for farewell rides, before the streetcars come to a halt in April.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Scranton’s nickname, “Electric City,” stems from its being one of the first places in the U.S. to have electric streetcars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
Both have done away with them, leaving Kolkata as the only Indian city to hold onto the trundling streetcars.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024
For one whole semester the streetcars and I shimmied up and scooted down the sheer hills of San Francisco.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
