DC Streetcar Was Desired. It Just Wasn’t Worth It: Justin Fox

Tuesday is the final day of service for the decade-old DC Streetcar in Washington. I rode it for the first time last week, and it was fun. The 2.2-mile ride along H Street and Benning Road from the back of the Union Station parking garage to the end of the line next to the historic Langston Golf Course took 17 minutes and cost me nothing. I got out there and watched the golfers while waiting for the streetcar to switch over to the westbound track and take me to lunch at the H Street Ben’s Chili Bowl, after which I caught another streetcar ...