The city and ABQ RIDE maintain a policy commitment to the streetcar project.

A number of light rail and urban streetcar projects have been proposed to extend or supplement service provided by Metro.

The combined funding will allow construction of both the first and second phases of the streetcar project.

This leaves funding for the streetcar project in limbo.

The city and its transit department maintain a policy commitment to the streetcar project.

SWAT also questioned whether the streetcar project would boost the property values of citizens connected with the city government, at the expense of the city's populace.

City Transit Director Greg Payne attended the rally, but refused to defend the streetcar project.

In 2009 and 2011 the city voted on referendums designed to stop the streetcar project, but in both cases the majority votes favored the project.

This, along with Cincinnati electing a more progressive city council, is expected to allow the streetcar project to proceed.

The streetcar project is being led by the city of Milwaukee after the failure of earlier guided bus and BRT proposals to gain political approval.