ARLINGTON, Va. – With plans for 14,000 more housing units in the Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Area Plan, the Arlington County Board backed a plan to make streetcars a reality.

In a news release, the county board said the streetcars would provide a “higher quality, higher capacity, affordable transit option to support future development, enhance access to the regional transit network and spur economic development along the Pike.”

(Copyright 2012 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)