People have already spent a huge share of their future income during the housing bubble and consumer spending binge.

So they decided to spend their children’s money to keep the party going, having the federal government borrow for cash for clunkers and the first time homebuyer tax credit. All that did was steal demand for the future. And unlike infrastructure investment, all younger generations will have to show for it is the debt, which will make the future even worse.

The old economy isn’t coming back. We can’t keep redoubling our economy-wide debts until the payments absorb more than 100 percent of our income.

Moocow, the B63 which runs up and down Fifth Avenue is the slowest bus in Brooklyn. A “hop-on, hop-off” streetcar doesn’t sound like much of an improvement.

If, if, you could dedicate the street space to the trolly, one track for stretches, make the mode of transpo stand out and be novel, it could move faster than that bus line. A la Market at in SF, which I know is wider. Make moving on 5th quicker and easier, and you won’t need parking.

In a smaller sense, it’s not for moving commuters. The idea would be just for moving along that corridor.
It a dream, it’s just a response to the pathetic conditions brought about by the run in run out double parked morons on 5th.
If you have ever seen Market in SF, the streetcars move faster than buses. There are lanes devoted to them. It could work, there is just isn’t the will. Cars parked in bus stops, and double parked from 21st street to Flatbush seems to be acceptable.