Replication By Other Transit Systems
Organizations from other places have come to tour the system, hoping to replicate it in their hometowns. In 2005, Toronto Transit Commission officials visited Portland to evaluate the Škoda streetcars for possible use on Toronto's streetcar system, as the smaller size is suitable for the city's extensive street-running mixed-traffic operations. The official website for Tucson's Sun Link streetcar system (under construction with operation scheduled to start late in 2013) includes a document written by the city of Portland on "Portland Streetcar Development Oriented Transit"
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