First OKC streetcar is expected to arrive in fall 2017

Oklahoma City residents can expect to get an up-close look at their first "modern" streetcar in about two years.

It will be awhile longer before they see it in action.

Under a schedule included in the contract with Czech Republic-based manufacturer INEKON Group a.s., the first of five streetcars is expected to arrive in the fall of 2017.

Lengthy negotiations produced a contract with a "good company," incorporating a "a good schedule" for Oklahoma City, streetcar consultant Rick Gustafson said Thursday.