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I took a ride on the Dallas Streetcar last week.  Pretty neat!  The ride was free; I am not sure whether it is DART's intention to keep it that way or eventually charge a fare.   I rode it from Union Station to Oak Cliff, had lunch at El Fenix, which is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants, and rode it back to Union Station.   The streetcar operates on battery power from Union Station to the first stop in Oak Cliff, where the operator manually raises the pantograph to contact the overhead wire.   The operator told me that the car uses only six per cent of the battery's capacity to power it from Union Station to the first stop in Oak Cliff. The interior of the car is finished in DART's blue, yellow and white motif.  It is appealing, but the car rides a bit rough.  It did not have the solid feel of DART's light rail equipment. On the Oak Cliff side of the run I noticed a lot of rail stacked along the right-of-way.  A supervisor that happened to be on the car told me it is intended for the planned extension to the Bishop Arts District.
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