... Tempe, who is quoted in the article, business is up, both because of riders from the light rail system, and from the improvements that are happening as a result ... development along Apache Boulevard has been a success in the wake of light rail's opening last year. Arora ... projects that have opened on Apache in the past year and to the light-rail commuters who have spotted his shopping center ...

... Jersey? According to a recent report, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is a viable eco-friendly option ... conducted a study on the effects of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail on the environment. The findings? In one year ... rail would save 3.4 million gallons of gas ... equivalent to the gas used by 6,000 ... quot;Each time someone rides the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, they are voting with their feet to make New Jersey ...

... in North America. Los Angeles, which had no commuter rail transport from 1963, when the last Red Car was removed from service ... Century Freeway. Of course, LA residents voted to tax themselves for rail and other transit capital projects, and California voters in ... to pay for all the costs of operating and maintaing commuter or light rail trains. Remember, however, that no form of transport would ...

... station at Union Station. The walkway through the bus station was to connect a new light rail station at the Consolidated Mainline with commuter rail at Union Station, a distance of two and a half city blocks. Since DUSPA ... time. Numerous cities across the country have close links between light and commuter rail at their downtown central stations. Why should Denver be any different ...

NORFOLK When light-rail passengers arrive in downtown Norfolk late next year, many will experience the city from ... "People are spilling out from a number of different directions, and light rail will bring a whole different backbone to the system," ... Coleman said. "You're in a waterfront town, but if you get off light rail at the MacArthur station, you can't see where the water ...

... year, Seattle finally got the first phase of its long awaited light rail system.  The first phase of the system runs from ... ride is pretty steep.  This is polite Seattle after all. The rail will complete its extension to the SeaTac Airport in December 2009. & ... were offering discounts on dining and purchases if you showed them your light rail ticket.  The walk from the Columbia City ...

... a Governing story about the city's inaugural attempt at rail transit. One of the biggest concerns the city had was ... what I wrote then: There's also the challenge of building and operating a rail system in an area where drivers and pedestrians simply aren' ... was a huge problem in Houston when that city opened its first light-rail line several years ago. The first train-car collision ...

... waste an extra ½ hour a day on their commute? The only answer seems to be that light rail is not for transportation, it is about high density development. Which, ... tax give aways to favored developers. More importantly (to planners) light rail is about extending Portland’s failed land use policies into Vancouver. Continue reading "Vancouver Light Rail To Portland Will be Sl w!"

... the Public Interest Transportation Forum, John Niles has been tracking daily light rail ridership. Here is his chart showing daily ridership between July ... single day. Also remember that Sound Transit estimates two-thirds of its light rail riders come from the existing bus system. So taking these factors into account, at its peak, light rail is only carrying about 2,688 new transit riders per day.

... for Mayor we've ever seen?" As it happened, building another light rail line in Seattle got more votes than McGinn. ... announced he would support holding a vote about any plan for light-rail that might be developed by an agency like Sound Transit ... instantly inundated us with claims that McGinn would build a light rail system that would be cheaper and work better than anything seen to date. ...

... always been on RTD's to-do list to extend the Southwest light rail extension, currently running from Broadway and Mississippi to Santa Fe ... extension in 1999. Now we know. The main expense will be a flyover taking the light rail line over all 4-6 lanes of C-470 ... Finally, it links the Highlands Ranch neighborhood directly to the Light Rail system, which should be a deep mine for RTD to draw ...

... November 24th, the City of Chesapeake officially and unanimously voted to push for a light rail study for their inclusion into regional light rail plans. ... connecting to Norfolk Naval Station would be a tremendous asset to a fledgling light rail system such as ours. A Chesapeake line would also set the stage for a line through Portsmouth and out to Suffolk. A system with a strong East-West corridor ...

... . Wally Erb is heading up the VBTA front group trying to petition a light rail referendum question onto the ballot. I have a good memory for detail, and recalled an article from the 1999 light rail campaign, Sure enough, I found this doozy of a quote from Erb in ... or even thought of." In short, Erb fears light rail means having to tolerate people other than middle class Whites. ...

... in bringing together diverse elements of the community is indisputable.  By building fixed-rail lines while simultaneously cancelling bus service in areas served by ... last count, The Oregonian newspaper had 2150 articles relating to crime along light rail lines; much of which is concentrated within three blocks of a line.  But hey, the trains are "green" - well, except for the blood.

... But now the opponents are going with the next common denominator attack. If they build light rail, say they should have built BRT. If they built BRT they would be ... real transit network with all different transit modes including streetcars, light rail, BRT and bus networks. "I don&# ... Lake City resident Stephen Pace, who led the anti-rail group Utahns for Responsible Public Spending. He said ...