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Big Easy's Streetcars Finally Full Speed

Posted Jun 23, 08 12:53 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Streetcars clang-clanged their way down South Carrollton Ave. yesterday, and for many, the sound was as sweet as New Orleans jazz, the Times-Picayune reports. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the whole St. Charles Ave. streetcar line is running, and it should bring both tourism and a sense of normalcy back to the end-of-the-line neighborhood.

“It’s brought a lot of business, a lot of tourists to our business,” said one local manager, but it’s done more than that. “Hearing the clang-clang, having to look both ways, brings back normalcy definitely for people who live in this area.”

Source Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

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"Hearing the clang-clang, having to look both ways, brings back normalcy definitely for people who live in this area," says one New Orleans resident after streetcar service was finally restored.   (AP Photo)
In a Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 file photo, streetcars run along the Uptown section of the St. Charles Ave. line in New Orleans.   (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)
The Krewe of Phunny Phorty Phellows travels on the New Orleans street car tossing beads to onlookers in New Orleans, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
The St. Charles streetcar route in New Orleans.   (AP Photo)
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