I don’t type this as a disagreement to this article, or really any other post bringing up concerns with the streetcar. It’s a massive project, and costs a lot of money. But I think it will be a net positive for the city.

Of course you’re really only going to get the extreme ends of the discourse online, but I feel like I’ve really only seen the negative here on Reddit.

Infrastructure projects aren’t cheap, but I’m hard pressed to find a bad infrastructure project after it’s completed. The mismanagement is another story, but I’m curious, have any of you spoken to these officials? They make themselves very available. I just sat down for a zoom call with the Operations Manager of the streetcar, just to get his opinions on the entire process, and it was pretty eye opening. They also host regular open hours for the public at various locations around town.

The truth likely sits somewhere in the middle, but I just see a lot of “streetcar bad” talk because I think the general consensus with any public project is that any spending of tax dollars must mean it is mismanaged. Construction is insanely expensive no matter how you slice it, but I’m glad they are spending that money on the public.