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Setting The Cincinnati Streetcar Operating Schedule

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Officials are evaluating different options for operating the Cincinnati streetcar system. 

The original proposal called for service to start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) representatives are now considering options that would have the streetcar start later in the morning and run longer into the evening. 

Original proposed schedule:

    Sunday-Thursday        6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
    Friday-Saturday        6 a.m. - 12 a.m.

    Streetcar running every 15 minutes off peak.
    Every 12 minutes peak Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Alternate schedule #1:
    
    Sunday            9 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
    Monday-Wednesday        7:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
    Thursday            7:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.
    Friday                7:30 a.m. - 2 a.m.
    Saturday            9 a.m. - 2 a.m.

    Streetcar running every 15 minutes off peak.
    Every 12 minutes peak Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Alternate schedule #2:

    Sunday            9 a.m. - 12 a.m.
    Monday-Thursday        7 a.m. - 12 a.m.
    Friday                7 a.m. - 2 a.m.
    Saturday            9 a.m. - 2 a.m.

    Streetcar running every 15 minutes off peak.
    Every 12 minutes peak Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Cincinnati Council and SORTA will likely vote early next year on the operating hours for the city's new streetcar system.

Jay Hanselman brings more than 10 years experience as a news anchor and reporter to 91.7 WVXU. He came to WVXU from WNKU, where he hosted the local broadcast of All Things Considered. Hanselman has been recognized for his reporting by the Kentucky AP Broadcasters Association, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, and the Ohio AP Broadcasters.