Editing St. Charles, Missouri (section)

==Transportation==
{{anchor|St. Charles City Streetcar}}
{{Infobox rail line
|name = Proposed St. Charles City Streetcar
|type = [[Streetcar]]
|locale = St. Charles, Missouri
|stations = 5 (proposed)
|operator = [[St. Charles Area Transit]]
|linelength= {{convert|10|mi|km|adj=on}}
|gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}
|map = {{St. Charles City Streetcar}}
}}
According to the [[Federal Highway Administration|FHA]], St. Charles was the site of the first interstate highway project in the nation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/summer-1996/three-states-claim-first-interstate-highway |title=First interstate project |publisher=Fhwa.dot.gov |access-date=2011-08-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607064752/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/rw96h.cfm |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref> Major highways include [[Interstate 64 in Missouri|Interstates 64]] and [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|70]], Missouri 370, Missouri 94, and Missouri 364. Also see: [[St. Charles Area Transit]]

The "St. Charles City Streetcar" was a proposed new [[heritage streetcar]] line to be built connecting the New Town, Missouri residential development to the heart of the city of [[Saint Charles, Missouri|St. Charles]].<ref name="newtown">{{cite web |publisher=DPZ Partners LLC. |url=https://www.dpz.com/Projects/0248 |title=New Town Saint Charles |date=2016 |access-date=Feb 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228130424/https://www.dpz.com/Projects/0248 |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was a joint effort between Whittaker Builders, Inc, and the City of St. Charles and [[St. Charles Area Transit]].<ref name="TrolleyCarsArrive">{{cite news |last=Kaatmann |first=Rachel |publisher=St. Louis Post Dispatch |url=https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/trolley-cars-arrive/article_bc80fc54-60e7-54b8-ab56-731d686bda90.html |title=Trolley cars arrive |date=Jun 6, 2007 |access-date=Feb 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413040445/https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/trolley-cars-arrive/article_bc80fc54-60e7-54b8-ab56-731d686bda90.html |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> A minimum of nine vintage [[PCC streetcar]]s (not to be confused with [[Cable car (railway)|cable cars]]), had been purchased from the [[F Market & Wharves|San Francisco area]] by Whittaker Builders for use and spare parts.<ref name="TrolleyCarsArrive"/> The project stalled, and in 2012, the streetcars purchased by Whittaker Builders were scrapped following a fire. Whittaker, a developer of the New Town project and principal partner with the city on the streetcar project, has since gone bankrupt,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=San Francisco Market Street Railway |url=https://www.streetcar.org/the_odd_story_of_the/ |title=Lost Streetcars of San Francisco, Now Lost in Missouri |date=March 31, 2010 |access-date=Feb 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065805/https://www.streetcar.org/the_odd_story_of_the/ |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> ending the proposed street car line.