Designing transit system which relies on motorists being considerate to not block its track to function seems a recipe for disaster.

Modern streetcars -- the transportation answer to a question nobody asked.

I didnt even know we had a streetcar!

I wonder if one day we’ll make usage of the tunnel under H street. Instead of having it be a parking lot.

Excellent piece. I just hate that the DC Streetcar keeps being mothballed and I commute past it every day to and from work on the X2/X9

I KNEW it wasn’t gonna be over yet! :))

r u andy vo

I respect this thing's existence, but I can't help but think it'd be best off as just a trolley bus at this point; easier to expand service and can avoid the terrible drivers that we've all seen blocking the trams.

i wish they’d shut it down and invest in better bus service on H street

Heres the 1st secret of the street car. Theres a dc street car 😮😮

Awesome video! I absolutely love your content and share it with friends whenever possible :) I hope you continue with Baltimore or regional rail!!

Can you do secrets of the Baltimore metro rail

A Streetcar that doesn't go anywhere. If they connect it to the yellow line, then it would be useful.

Can't wait to hear about the _________ streetcar in part 2!

soooo glad we haven't seen the last of andy on track great videos brother

Sweet!

Amazing! You should come up to the National Capital Trolley Museum, I'm sure there's some more information and secrets you can dig up about the streetcars in DC!

Fabulous video, what a missed opportunity. DDot can’t be trusted with transportation, failed Streetcar extension, K street BRT, ending the circulator

Tis the season to be StreetCar-ing. Trolley-la-la-la! Awesome Video as always. Can wait to see part 2 and the secrets of the streetcars original potential.

It's a damn shame this is a shell of what it was supposed to be.

We are ssso back

Hey Andy! Valeria would like to ask three questions: Are there traffic lights along the streetcar tracks?, Can you visit Pereira someday to see the cable car?, When are you going to upload the second part?

Thank you, that was very interesting.I hate to admit I didn't know about this line. And I have been to DC many times. And always so impressed with the underground. Thanks, Great video.

So well produced. I had to drop everything to watch this, and I needed popcorn. People need to know this story!!!

Another gem, Andy and team!! The perfect follow-on to your previous series on METRO, and very worthy of the former videos! Very glad to see more videos coming in the future too!!!

GODS I wish it'd get extended east, also WTF we could have had a tunnel between the streetcar and metro but they wanted A PARKING GARAGE?!?!?!?!

We are so back

Didn't even know about this streetcar before this video. Great stuff!

Oh let’s go. So glad to see another one of your videos. Lookin forward to part 2

Cant wait for secrets of the Dulles peoplemover

Amazing video! Didn’t know there was an H Street tunnel! Looking forward to part 2!

Yesssssssss

Whoohoo!!! Been waiting!!!

After the streetcar series, will you eventually do secrets of the MARC and the VRE?

Yo bro! AndyOnTrack made a new video!

I lived on H street from 2008 to 2011 and there was a lot of interest and excitement about the streetcar idea and how it might change living in the area. I moved to Capitol Hill and then to Alexandria, finally moving away from DC entirely to Connecticut in 2015, so I STILL haven't had a chance to ride the streetcar. We just rode the good 'ol X2 bus back in the day.

I wish DC had a massive streetcar network to complement the metro

New Andy??? Christmas came early

I didn't even know this existed! Thank you for this video.

Heck yes! Another series! Come do Baltimore next, it will only take a few minutes.

I keep forgetting this thing exists, so it’s great that your video exists so I can learn more about the streetcar! It’s a very short line, only 1.9 miles, so hopefully it could be expanded one day to Benning Ridge or Mt. Vernon square, but my hopes aren’t high.

I'm glad you made a video about this. I've always been curious about how the streetcars used to work.

It’s a shame that D.C. doesn’t have a functional tram. Having used them in multiple cities in the Netherlands, I can state that they are a great compliment to the bus, subway, ferry, and train systems. Add a bicycle to the mix and you have a good set of car-free options in a large metropolitan area.

We lose the buses but this gets to stay ???? Smh

Let’s go, another banger as always!

Omg what a win of a series

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I miss the Metro. Used to ride it a lot to/from work when I lived in MontCo or when I went down to DC at least once a year. Was always fun traveling from Shady Grove.

I’ve only taken phase 1 of the silver line. I flew into Dulles, took the temporary silver line express bus to While-Reston East, and continued on my way. But the segment that I did see was really fun, although with recency bias! Even the newest line has some really cool secrets, like a cancelled station! I also noticed on my ride that there was a really long time before Spring Hill station. I was more forgiving of how long it took to build when I realized just how long the line is! The silver line I think has the most mileage of any line! It’s crazy how Ashburn is on the same line as Smithsonian, despite having a completely different environment! Loudoun Gateway is kind of a joke, but I think the intention was to allow people that live west of the airport to get to the metro without needing to take the highway. Hopefully as time goes on, more people try the metro rather than navigate crazy DC traffic!

My most used Metro line!!! I love how I could either take the Metro to Smithsonian or other places from New Carrollton, or the Marc train to Union Station. I also played Microsoft Train Simulator as a kid, and you can see the orange line metro tracks when driving on the Northeast Corridor map! Departing the station, you go on a bridge over a railway spur, where in Train Simulator, there’s a scenario called ‘Train Rescue’, and that spur is where you pick up a broken down train! Also all these years, and I never knew that nearby there was a pylon with all 6 metro colors!