Broome scraps plan for streetcar between LSU and downtown Baton Rouge, will pursue bus rapid transit

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Mayor Sharon Weston Broome confirmed this morning she will not pursue federal funding for Tramlink BR, a 3.4-mile streetcar line that had been proposed for Nicholson Drive between LSU and downtown. Broome will instead pursue funding for a bus rapid transit system that could be used not only along the Nicholson Corridor but throughout the

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