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BY STEVE LACKMEYER
Published: February 6, 2011
A convergence of improvements to public transportation — some real, some only hoped for — have planners circling downtown Oklahoma City trying to pinpoint the best site for an intermodal transit station.
The MAPS 3 ballot approved by voters in 2009 includes an estimated $10 million for a transit hub to serve a new $120 million streetcar system. Consultants working with the city and the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments say the metro area has one shot at picking a spot that could spur economic development throughout the region.
Allan Zreet, a principal with Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering, points out changes are coming to public transportation here:
•A task force is evaluating possible routes for a downtown-area streetcar system that is funded through MAPS 3 and will likely be built within the next decade;
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