Just as U.S. streetcar development gains momentum, and U.S. LRT expansion continues apace, objections to "ugly wires" have gained respectable standing. Those objecting now include not just anti-rail partisans or Not-In-My-Back-Yard protesters, but those concerned with visual aesthetics, and/or historical context, of a given location. Despite published statements suggesting overhead wire power supply is more expensive, dangerous, and always visually offensive, it's highly unlikely that the traditional power source will disappear, or even be discontinued, as an option.
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