Transporting America: United Streetcar

United Streetcar was formed in 2005 to build modern, efficient, safe, and reliable streetcars. And thanks in part to grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration, United Streetcar has developed and built streetcars with the highest percentage of American parts and labor in more than 50 years. Over 200 vendors in 20+ states have worked on their streetcar prototype.

United Streetcar's decision to manufacture domestically has done more than make Portland, Oregon the heart of America's streetcar renaissance. It is creating jobs, boosting other businesses, and laying the foundation for economic development in Portland and around the country.

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[Tubes12AX7k]

I would love to see a new streetcar as successful and beautiful as the old PCC trolleys, and bringing back manufacturing to America would be fantastic. Best of luck!

[oscardaone .]

I hear 8 cars are in DC, but legal issues are holding back construction though.

:(

[Petr Veselý]

I found it. This car was developed by Skoda Transportation as type 10T, based on czech tram Astra. The first cars was made in Czech republic, now the production continues in United Streetcars.

Sorry for my accusation.

[packr72]

it's called license built, that means they have permission to build skoda's product, they pay a few, but the cars are built with 90% american made parts

[teasaki]

Jo ale nejdřív si jich od nás pár koupili. Slyšel jsem příběh, a nevím jestli je to pravda, že si u nás objednali několik tramvají, ale zapomněli, že musí postavit koleje, tak u nás ty tramvaje tvrdly v hale :D

[Petr Veselý]

This is stolen type of Czech trams Astra and Inekon.

[kaizerzydeco]

These are a proven Škoda design which has been in use in Portland and other places for a while now. A lot better than Boeing's attempt at home-building them from scratch with no prior experience.

[zilfondel]

These streetcars have already been manufactured for over a decade. The first ones were purchased from Europe back in 2001, which was 11 years ago. They have certainly proven to be very reliable, comfortable, and rock-solid.

[xxx2397]

Pleeeeeeeeease let this idea work

[BurningtunaDC]

I'd love a streetcar designed to look retro but have modern comforts.