CIFS Tool Categories:
Project Name |
El Paso Streetcar Project |
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Location |
El Paso, TX |
Project Sponsor / Borrower |
Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority and TxDOT |
Program Areas |
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Mode |
Streetcar |
Description |
The Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority (CRRMA) completed the El Paso Streetcar project In November 2018, which restored six historic streetcars and made infrastructure improvements along a 4.8-mile route in the city, including track, overhead contact system lines, power stations, and a maintenance and storage facility. With 27 streetcar stops, the project was designed to link international bridges, downtown retail areas, a convention center, ballpark, Cincinnati Entertainment District, and the University of Texas at El Paso, among other area attractions. The route comprises two loops: (1) the clockwise Downtown Loop that passes through Santa Fe Street, Franklin Avenue, Kansas Street, and Father Rahm Avenue, and (2) the counter clockwise Uptown Loop that passes through Stanton Street, Glory Road, Oregon Avenue, and Franklin Avenue. The CRRMA repurposed Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcar vehicles that ran in the area from the 1950s to 1974, and included track, overhead contact system lines, a power station, and a maintenance and storage facility. The El Paso Streetcar project is operated and maintained by Sun Metro, the city’s Mass Transit Department. Construction on the project began in January 2017 and was completed in three phases:
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Cost |
$107 Million |
Funding Sources |
TxDOT - $97 million |
Project Delivery / Contract Method |
Design-Build |
Private Partner |
None |
Project Advisors / Consultants |
Public Sponsor: TxDOT, Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority (CRRMA) |
Lenders |
None |
Duration / Status |
August 2015 to November 2018 |
Financial Status/Financial Performance |
The city of El Paso anticipates it will cost about $2.5 million a year to operate the streetcar system. Riding fees (or fare box revenues) are expected to bring in about $400,000 in the first year, from an estimated 600,000 riders. The streetcar also replaced one of two Downtown bus routes, thus saving about $460,000 in operating costs. Between 2018 through 2020, the city received about $2 million from a Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program grant. |
Innovations |
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Related Links / Articles |
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Contacts |
Raymond Telles |