Streetcar tracks on H Stret. Photo by DDOT.

I wasn’t able to attend last night’s streetcar meeting with Gabe Klein, but based on summaries I’m not sure we learned all that much that we didn’t already know. The key points seem to be that Klein wants streetcars to be a priority and is appointing a new streetcar czar, that the Federal government is more excited about streetcars than in the past, that we’re still not sure about the overhead wire issue (but someone in Congress may address it soon), and that we’re still looking at 2012 before the first line in Anacostia opens.

In the mean time, DDOT released on Facebook an album of photos of the H Street tracks being installed. It’s incredibly frustrating to have both tracks and railcars but not an actual service, but at least we know the District is serious about making investments in streetcar infrastructure.