More jobs. More development.

• The streetcar will eventually connect the two largest employment centers in the Greater Cincinnati region — Downtown and the university/medical complex area known as Uptown, also home to the Cincinnati Zoo. The streetcar will connect the 70,000 workers and 15, 000 residents of Downtown and Over-the-Rhine with the 60,000 workers and 50,000 residents of Uptown.
   
• For the Downtown/Over-the-Rhine portion of the route, the streetcar is expected to drive the redevelopment of vacant buildings and 92 acres of parking lots along the route into more than 1,000 housing units and 7.4 million square feet of storefront and office space. 

Transportation improvements have always guided economic development. Cities across the country are finding that streetcar routes are an effective way to spur development in their urban cores. Portland, Oregon is about to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its streetcar, the first modern streetcar system in the United States. A 2008 study  found that Portland's streetcar system had generated $3.5 billion in investments and prompted construction of 10,212 housing units within two blocks of the line. That's why dozens of cities, including Los Angeles, St. Louis, Tucson, and Charlotte, are investing in modern streetcar systems.

Because the streetcar route is fixed, businesses along the route can count on consistent foot traffic. Developers can make long term investments on the streetcar route that they won't make along a bus route, which can be easily changed.