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streetcar
noun
street·car
ˈstrēt-ˌkär 
: a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically operating on city streets
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Doing so with a streetcar is helping transition the learnings of autonomous racing to enable safe, secure, sustainable, high-speed autonomous mobility on highways.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Cities around the globe have long relied on underground subways, streetcars and buses to ferry people from one neighborhood to another.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
From life-size streetcars to lobby bars, these imaginative gingerbread displays are a festive feast for your eyes.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The bridge was blocked off for streetcar construction for two months in fall 2024.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
Cities around the globe have long relied on underground subways, streetcars and buses to ferry people from one neighborhood to another.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
From life-size streetcars to lobby bars, these imaginative gingerbread displays are a festive feast for your eyes.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The bridge was blocked off for streetcar construction for two months in fall 2024.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Streetcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetcar. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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streetcar
noun
street·car
-ˌkär
: a passenger vehicle that runs on rails and typically operates on city streets
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