Anyone can ride the streetcar. For the disabled, riding the streetcar is easier than riding a bus. The wide doors and no steps to go up make getting on or off the streetcar simple. People in wheelchairs need only to press a button on the outside of the streetcar to extend a small ramp to the curb that allows them to roll right on without any assistance from the driver.

For children and senior citizens, the streetcar offers increased mobility and freedom. A mother with a child in a stroller can roll right onto the streetcar, never having to disturb the baby.

Office workers downtown can have their lunch choices expanded. Having a streetcar nearby means you can get to any point on the line and back before the end of your lunch break. Or they could take the streetcar down to the Reds stadium for a midday game.

People coming into the suburbs need only to park one time and use the streetcar to get to whatever downtown destinations they want to visit

Going to the Reds game? Parking near the stadium is expensive, and if you have small children you don’t want to have a long walk. But with the streetcar, you could park farther away for much cheaper or even free at a meter on the street after 5pm. Then get on the streetcar and get off right in front of the stadium.