The Seattle Department of Transportation has known since at least last fall about potential compatibility issues with the new, larger streetcars the city ordered as it planned to expand its streetcar system across downtown.
But how serious those issues are — big enough to add significant costs, or just routine foibles that come with any large project — remains an open question, as does the future of the new streetcar line.
Seattle’s new streetcars may be too big
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