The company that operates Cincinnati’s streetcars has identified “catastrophic” systems failures with its cars, and Cincinnati’s city manager has vowed to withhold final payments to streetcar manufacturer CAF USA Inc. until the issues are resolved.
This news is relevant locally because Kansas City piggybacked on Cincinnati’s streetcar order when it bought CAF cars for the new Kansas City starter line, which opened in May.
“These are all critical systems,” Cincinnati City Manager Harry…