Automated Guideway Transit and automated systems: see Monorail and "Gadget Transit" Analyses and Articles

Bus vs. Rail Comparisons: see "Bus Rapid Transit" Analyses and Articles

Community Support: see Popular Support for Public Transport

Congestion: see Mobility Congestion

• Stop FTA's Plan to Raid Federal Transit Funding for Roads!
• USA: New York Times article prompts criticism with attack on mass transit funding
• Top "Bus Rapid Transit" Lobbyist Lobs Barrage of Baloney Against Rail
• "Free" buses vs. "expensive" rail?
• Kansas City Light Rail: Would Rapid Streetcar + Budget Engineering = a Viable Project?
• Kansas City: Federal Funding in Target Sights of Light Rail Planners
• Portland: New Yellow Line LRT on Interstate Ave. covers capital investment from operating cost savings and benefits
• London: Lower public transit costs, better services – all from out-sourcing operations?
• Boston: "Big Dig" highway project a "waste" with less than 2% of urban trips?
• Braunschweig (Germany): New light rail tram line to suburbs reverses Transit Holocaust
• Rapid Streetcar: Rescaling Design and Cost for More Affordable Light Rail Transit
• Streetcar vs. Bus: Operating cost comparison
• Denver: "Blown away" by phenomenal success of light rail
• Dublin: Luas light rail tramway system reports operating profit for 2005
• Sheffield: Light rail tramway, with operating profit, demonstrates clear success
• USA: Two-trillion-dollar investment in Interstate Highway System?
• MythBusters: Transit fares out of control?
• APTA raps Bush administration for slashing transit funding
• Nottingham: Light rail tramway reports operating surplus as ridership jumps 8.4%
• Seattle monorail project, facing revenue shortfall, seeks to extend bond payback period
• Why St. Louis's MetroLink Light Railway is a Mobility Bargain
• Las Vegas Monorail: "Woeful" ridership prompts financial jitters
• Washington: Transit agency hopes for operating surplus
• Dubai: Standard-rail "light metro" vs. monorail...Capital cost reality check
• Salt Lake City Opens Medical Center LRT Extension - Another US Rail Transit Project On Budget and Ahead of Schedule
• Japanese Transit Profitability – No Monopoly for Monorails
• Myth vs. Reality on Highway "User Taxes" and Subsidies
  
• More on Monorail Costs: Federal New Starts Data Show Surface LRT Has 1/3 Cost of Monorail
• Monorails, Light Rail, and Automated vs. Non-Automated Transit Operation: Comparative Costs in Japan and USA
• Federal GAO Report Shows: it's BRT (and Heavy Rail) With the Big Cost Overruns, Not Light Rail!
  
• Transit Automation and Operating Cost – Where Are the Huge Savings?
• How Light Rail Saves Operating Cost Dollars Compared With Buses
  
• Monorail Capital Costs: Reality Check
• Light Rail Lowers Operating Costs
  
• Cost per Passenger-Mile of an Urban Automobile
  
• Most Light Rail Projects Within Budget, on Time
  

Critics: see Responding to Transit Critics and Rail Transit Opponents

• Kansas City Light Rail: Would Rapid Streetcar + Budget Engineering = a Viable Project?
• Rapid Streetcar: Rescaling Design and Cost for More Affordable Light Rail Transit
• Bordeaux: With 26% annual increase, light rail tramway ridership now exceeds bus
• LA's "Orange Line" Busway – "Just Like Rail, But Cheaper?" A Photo-Report Reality Check
• Photo-Report: Little Rock Streetcar – Simple Design = Low Cost
• Myth: Buses can run on steep grades, but light rail cars are limited to grades of 6%
• Light Rail Use of Surface Streets and Arterials – On the Increase?
  
• How Light Rail Streetcars increase Street Capacity
  

Economic issues: see Cost, Budget, & Financial issues

• Transport Energy Debate: How Many BTUs on the Head of a Pin? ...er...Power Line?
• Electrification 101: Ready-to-Go Urban Rail Projects as a Medium-Term Response to America's Oil Problems
• Electrification 101: A 10% Reduction in America's Oil Use in Ten to Twelve Years
• Electrification 101: The Cost-Effectiveness of Electric Rail ... Examples from Real-World Experience
• Electrification 101: Electrification of Transportation as a Response to Peaking of World Oil Production
• Why Build a Light Rail Transit System?

• Transport Energy Debate: How Many BTUs on the Head of a Pin? ...er...Power Line?
• Photo-Essay – Rail vs. Highway-Focused Land Use:
  An Aerial Photo Tale of Two Cities
• Reality Check: Breakthrough Technologies institute's Dubious Claims on "Bus Rapid Transit", Electric Rail, and Global Warming
• France: Highspeed intercity rail service attracts passengers from airlines
• Petroleum consumption comparison – USA, European Union, Australia
• Bush administration rapped for slashing energy-efficiency programs
• Urban transport energy efficiency comparison
• Electrification 101: Electrification of Transportation as a Response to Peaking of World Oil Production
• Portland's light rail transit helps reduce per-capita greenhouse emissions, says study
• Why Build a Light Rail Transit System?

• Charlotte: How Light Rail Can Benefit the Community
• USA's Rail Transit Development Under Attack as "BRT" Promoters Rev Up Misinformation Campaign
• "Free" buses vs. "expensive" rail?
• Portland: New Yellow Line LRT on Interstate Ave. covers capital investment from operating cost savings and benefits
• Boston: "Big Dig" highway project a "waste" with less than 2% of urban trips?
• Rapid Streetcar: Rescaling Design and Cost for More Affordable Light Rail Transit
• Philadelphia: Route 15 streetcar revival completes first year
• Denver: "Blown away" by phenomenal success of light rail
• Boise (idaho): Mayor favors "trolleys" or "some form of light rail"
  
• Denver: Transit strike ends, but crucial importance of public transport is shown
  
• Projected Ridership for New Light Rail Starts: issues of Accuracy and impact on Congestion
  
• Portland Light Rail Case Study Busts the "Pork Barrel" Myth
  
• Heading into 2006...it's a Rail Transit World!
  
• Randal O'Toole's "Great Rail Disaster": ideological Train Wreck Disguised as "Research Study"
  
• Several major monorail systems, projects experiencing trouble
• Urban Rail Debate: Rail Transit Makes Progress, Despite Attacks
  
• Las Vegas Monorail: More technical limitations coming to light?
• Why St. Louis's MetroLink Light Railway is a Mobility Bargain
• LRT: "Antidote to Congested Freeways" or Wasteful "Disaster"?
  
• Debunking the "Costs Too Much, Does Too Little" Myth
  
• Why Build a Light Rail Transit System?
  
• Give Us a Break
  

• Transit Holocaust revisited: New book examines GM and the anti-electric traction conspiracy
• Historical Note: Illinois Terminal electric interurban didn't "fold" – it was euthanized, says transit industry veteran
  
• In Tucson and Elsewhere ... Public Policy and Investment, Not "Market", Led to Decline of Streetcars and Promotion of "Car-Centered Culture"
  
• Historical Aspects & Transit Holocaust
  

• Denver: Transit strike ends, but crucial importance of public transport is shown
  
• Denver: Light rail, bus service shut down by first transit strike in 24 years
  

• USA: More Evidence of the Powerful Mobility Benefits of Public Transit
• Projected Ridership for New Light Rail Starts: issues of Accuracy and impact on Congestion
• Houston's MetroRail Alleviates Congestion as Riders Fill LRT Trains
• Denver Data Show Light Rail's Real impact on Mobility Congestion
• Study: Rail Transit May Slow Growth in Traffic Congestion

• Houston Metro dumps "BRT", reinstates light rail transit plan in 5 corridors
• Top "Bus Rapid Transit" Lobbyist Lobs Barrage of Baloney Against Rail
• Australian Gold Coast: 70% in poll favor light rail over "rapid bus"
• Streetcar vs. Bus: Operating cost comparison
• Portland: "Choice" riders = 77% of MAX light rail ridership
• Rail Transit vs. "Bus Rapid Transit": Comparative Success and Potential in Attracting Ridership
• Motorists prefer light rail over buses, reports UK poll
• Research Study: Riders Prefer Light Rail to "Bus Rapid Transit"

Monorails: see Monorail and "Gadget Transit" Analyses and Articles

New Urbanism: see Urban Development and TOD

"Peak Oil" crisis: see Environmental and Energy impacts and Electrification issues

Personal Rapid Transit: see Monorail and "Gadget Transit" Analyses and Articles

Photography Bans: see Security and Civil Liberties

• USA: Federal Panel's Call for Motor Fuel Tax Hike to Fund Infrastructure Upgrade Stirs Transport Policy Debate
• USA's Bush administration proposes to raid transit funds for highways
• Election 2007: Charlotte Transit Wins By 70%; Seattle Transit Expansion Loses
• Charlotte: How Light Rail Can Benefit the Community
• Seattle, Charlotte: Light Rail Future Depends on Nov. 2007 Vote
• Charlotte: Black Political Caucus votes to back transit tax
• USA: Democratic presidential contenders Richardson & Clinton push public transport, light rail, TOD
• Stop FTA's Plan to Raid Federal Transit Funding for Roads!
• Charlotte: Future of Public Transit System Depends on November Vote
• Charlotte: Public transit expansion program may face fight for survival
• Amtrak: National Association of Railroad Passengers on Bush administration's latest plan to slash rail funding: "They still don't get it"
• indiana: Regional passenger rail ("commuter rail") bill nears State Senate hearing
• Ottawa: City council votes to cancel light rail transit project
• USA: Huge Net Gain for Public Transport in November 2006 Vote
• Dozens of Public Transport issues Face US Voters This November (2006)
• Bush administration rapped for slashing energy-efficiency programs
• US transit: Paul Weyrich appointed to surface transport panel
• APTA raps Bush administration for slashing transit funding
• Texas's new rail relocation fund opens possibilities for more rail passenger and rail transit services in state
  
• Amtrak: in post-election "palace coup", Bush appointees cut off rail passenger agency's head
• All Aboard for the Bush/Mineta Train to Nowhere
• Bush budget proposal to kill Amtrak sparks widespread outrage...Move slammed as "irresponsible", "radical"
  

• Ft. Worth area: Satellite communities clamor for inclusion in region's rail transit system
• St. Louis: 93% in online poll support extending MetroLink light rail
• Australian Gold Coast: 70% in poll favor light rail over "rapid bus"
• Amtrak expansion backed in online poll
• St. Louis: 56% in poll identify MetroLink light rail expansion as public works project "most important to region's economy"
• Salt Lake: Residents prefer rail transit to highway expansion by nearly 14 to 1
• American Public Says: Let's Have More Rail!
• Tucson: Streetcar Plan Wins With 60% of Vote
• Portland: Summary of Portland voters' resounding support for light rail
  
• Charlotte: Light rail for city's east side gains support
  

Property Values: see Urban Development and TOD

• Yakima: Heritage electric trolley may grow in size and function to serve new shopping mall
• Phoenix: Transit-oriented development booming along light rail line
• Ft. Lauderdale: Streetcar plan gets $37.5 million boost from City
• USA: Federal Panel's Call for Motor Fuel Tax Hike to Fund Infrastructure Upgrade Stirs Transport Policy Debate
• Detroit: Streetcars at last to make a comeback?
• Columbus: Mayor and civic leaders propose 2.8-mile, $103 million streetcar project
• Ft. Lauderdale: Light rail streetcar project pushed by civic leaders
• Dallas: DART's Light Rail Success Drives Vigorous Expansion Program
• Reading, Pennsylvania: Civic leaders attracted by benefits of proposed electric streetcar system
• Birmingham, Alabama: Light rail streetcar plan now moving forward with local funding
• Calgary: CTrain Light Rail Growth Continues with Northeast Extension
• France: Light Rail Continues Growth With New Tramways in Marseille, Le Mans, Nice
• Boston: Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed trolley line re-opens
• Salt Lake City: First FrontRunner train makes test run
• USA: Despite Critics and Federal Opposition, Light Rail Transit Chalks Up Major Successes in 2007
• Miami: Streetcar project moves forward with City-County financing package
• Seattle: South Lake Union Streetcar System Opens
• Grand Rapids: Civic leaders explore plan for streetcars
• Seattle: South Lake Union Streetcar nears Dec. 12th startup
• Charlotte: Lynx Light Rail Transit Line Opens!
• Norfolk (Virginia): Light Rail Project Gets On its Way With Federal Funding
• Roanoke: Light rail streetcar plan attracts growing interest
• Little Rock: Another "Rapid Streetcar"? Communities eye extending River Rail to airport
• Adelaide: Light Rail Continues to Grow With Tramway Extension
• New Orleans: Streetcars returning to St. Charles Avenue
• Houston Metro dumps "BRT", reinstates light rail transit plan in 5 corridors
• Tucson: Streetcar project under way in coordination with downtown revitalization
• Albuquerque: Rail Runner Express attracting ridership, expanding toward Santa Fe
• Toronto: "Transit City" light rail development on a fast track?
• Charlotte: Future of Public Transit System Depends on November Vote
• Portland: As MAX Light Rail System Reaches New Ridership Record, Green Line Project Advances
• Denver launches massive FasTracks construction program with West corridor light rail project
• Kansas City Light Rail: Would Rapid Streetcar + Budget Engineering = a Viable Project?
• Phoenix: Train's coming! Light rail car tested at full speed
• Lancaster (Pennsylvania): Streetcar proposal moving forward
• Kansas City: Federal Funding in Target Sights of Light Rail Planners
• Austin: Rail transit project passes major milestone with completion of first railcar
• Columbus: 68% in poll back streetcar proposal
• Albuquerque: Streetcar plan under study by city council
• Santa Barbara: "Transit War" battle flares over proposal for regional passenger rail to Ventura County
• Toronto: Huge light rail expansion planned as heart of "Transit City" vision
• New York City: First contract awarded for Second Avenue Subway project
• Tucson: Streetcar project takes shape
• Vintage (Heritage) Trolleys: A Valuable and Affordable Public Transit Tool in America's Urban Renaissance
• Denver, Sacramento, San Francisco: Light Rail Continues Vigorous Growth
• Braunschweig (Germany): New light rail tram line to suburbs reverses Transit Holocaust
• Toronto: Segment of rehabbed St. Clair streetcar line opens...and more to open Feb. 18th
• Rapid Streetcar: Rescaling Design and Cost for More Affordable Light Rail Transit
• Little Rock: River Rail streetcar's spectacular performance is highlighted as new line opening nears
• Want to Support Rail Transit? Your Contribution Can Help Our Efforts in 2007...
• Europe: As Light Rail Leads the Way, Europe Leads the World
• New Orleans: St. Charles streetcar service resumes from Canal St. to Lee Circle
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: Feds OK engineering for Central Corridor light rail plan
• Véléz-Málaga: Tiny light rail tramway opens in small Spanish town
• Sacramento: Downtown extension of light rail to intercity rail station to open Dec. 8th
• Portland: New regional passenger rail project breaks ground
• Japan: Government unveils massive light rail development program
• istanbul opens its newest light rail tramway extension
• Seattle: USA's latest new-start streetcar project under way
• Denver: Southeast light rail line heads toward opening day
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's September ridership leaps more than 31% in a year
• Portland: Streetcar extension to South Waterfront district opens
• New Rail Lines Open in St. Louis, Nashville
• Denver: "Blown away" by phenomenal success of light rail
• Newark: "Back to the Future" With Newark City Light Rail's New Broad St. Extension!
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's Cross-County Extension opens!
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's new Cross-County Extension ready to open
• Albuquerque Becomes America's Latest Rail Transit City, as Rail Runner Launches Service
• Valenciennes: France's Latest Light Rail Tramway Opens for Service
• Albuquerque: Rail Runner regional passenger rail service to start July 14th
• Newark: Broad St. extension of City Subway light rail line nears opening
• Valenciennes: Another new French light rail tramway gets ready to open
• Grenoble: Light rail tramway opens new Line C
• Mulhouse: New Light Rail Tramway Opens in a Small City With Huge Enthusiasm
• Norfolk: Proposed light rail starter line project advances with latest Fed nod
• Toyama: "Tram-Train" Streetcar Line is "Model" for Japan's Light Rail Revival
• Hudson-Bergen, NJ: Light Rail Ridership's "Booming", New Transit-Oriented Development is "Sprouting"
• Palermo: New light rail tramway project for another italian city
• Tucson: Streetcar Plan Wins With 60% of Vote
• Mulhouse: Brand-new light rail tramway starting up
• Albuquerque: With regional rail startup imminent, light rail streetcar plan moves forward
• London: Work starts on Docklands light metro Woolwich Arsenal extension, targeted for 2012 Olympics
• Vukan Vuchic releases latest book on Urban Transit Operations, Planning, and Economics
• St. Louis: Model of Light Rail Success Hosts international Light Rail Conference
• Light Rail Now website visitor activity up 31% since December
• Norfolk (Virginia): Next American light rail project?
• USA: Light rail shows 279% growth in passenger-miles as APTA reports 20-year record of transit's huge success
• Orange County: Rail transit gets green light
• Edmonton: Light Rail System Grows in Major Expansion Program
• San Jose: With Opening of Full Vasona Extension, Light Rail Hits Highest Ridership in 3 1/2 Years
• Adelaide: Upgraded Glenelg tramway opened with new trams
• Reflecting Surge in Worldwide interest in Rail Transit, Light Rail Now Website Activity Soars
• Little Rock: Streetcar Success Leads to Expansion of River Rail System
• Portland: Green Line line rail expansion project moves ahead
• Heading into 2006...it's a Rail Transit World!
  
• New Jersey: Latest Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit extension in Weehawken nears opening
  
• Philadelphia, San Jose, Sacramento: More new light rail lines open
  
• Albuquerque: RailRunner regional rail project approaches startup
  
• Europe: New Tramways Underscore Continent's Light Rail Boom
  
• Salt Lake City Opens Medical Center LRT Extension - Another US Rail Transit Project On Budget and Ahead of Schedule
• More Vigorous Growth for Light Rail Transit Throughout North America
  

• Charlotte: Public transit expansion program may face fight for survival
• Randal O'Toole's "Thoreau institute": Oil, Asphalt, and Pipeline Money Feed an Extremist Attack on Urban Planning and Public Transit
• Exposing Those Far-Right Propaganda "Think Tanks"
• Far-Right "Think Tanks" (Propaganda Mills) – Who Are Those Guys?
• Wendell Cox, Reason institute Blow "impartiality" Cover
• Road Warrior Rail Opponents Exposed in Dallas

• Debunking Randal O'Toole's Attack on Portland: CNU Study Rebuts Anti-Rail/Anti-Planning Hokum
• US Rail Transit Excels in Safety
• Minneapolis: Light rail's spectacular ridership growth rebuffs critics
• Transport Energy Debate: How Many BTUs on the Head of a Pin? ...er...Power Line?
• USA's Rail Transit Development Under Attack as "BRT" Promoters Rev Up Misinformation Campaign
• USA: New York Times article prompts criticism with attack on mass transit funding
• "Free" buses vs. "expensive" rail?
• Portland: New Yellow Line LRT on interstate Ave. covers capital investment from operating cost savings and benefits
• Santa Barbara: "Transit War" battle flares over proposal for regional passenger rail to Ventura County
• London: Lower public transit costs, better services – all from out-sourcing operations?
• Boston: "Big Dig" highway project a "waste" with less than 2% of urban trips?
• Dallas: Light rail carries as many as 16% of residents in corridor – on a Sunday!
• Randal O'Toole's "Great Rail Disaster": ideological Train Wreck Disguised as "Research Study"
  
• Urban Rail Debate: Rail Transit Makes Progress, Despite Attacks
  
• Why St. Louis's MetroLink Light Railway is a Mobility Bargain
• Debunking the "Costs Too Much, Does Too Little" Myth
• LRT: "Antidote to Congested Freeways" or Wasteful "Disaster"?
• Houston: Debunking an Attack on the Metro Solutions Plan
• Give Us a Break

• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail ridership continues to soar with 33% growth
• Charlotte: Higher ridership may justify more 2-car trains, revision of forecasting
• New Jersey: Hudson-Bergen light rail leads in growth rate, as NJ Transit ridership reaches all-time high
• USA: Despite Critics and Federal Opposition, Light Rail Transit Chalks Up Major Successes in 2007
• Charlotte: New light rail line's ridership exceeds forecast by 35%
• Houston's MetroRail (LRT) breaks record with 40 million boardings
• Albuquerque: Rail Runner Express attracting ridership, expanding toward Santa Fe
• Minneapolis: Light rail's spectacular ridership growth rebuffs critics
• Denver: Light rail ridership, now at 61,000 a day, continues to set new records
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail ridership reaches all-time high
• San Diego Trolley weekday ridership up 5.1% over previous year
• Washington: Metrorail achieves more ridership records
• Portland: As MAX Light Rail System Reaches New Ridership Record, Green Line Project Advances
• San Diego Trolley ridership continues growth
• Portland: MAX light rail ridership jumps to 104,200 average weekday trips
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail reaching ridership targets 8 years early
• Philadelphia: Light rail growth rate leads major gains for region's public transit
• Denver: Expanded light rail system ridership already exceeds projections
• USA: Light Rail Growth Rate Leads Again, as Public Transit Ridership Exceeds 10 Billion Trips for First Time in Nearly 50 Years
• Portland survey: 43% of adults riding TriMet's transit system at least twice a month
• Dallas: Light rail carries as many as 16% of residents in corridor – on a Sunday!
• USA: Light Rail Leads Again, as Public Transport Ridership Continues Climb in 2006
• Little Rock: River Rail streetcar's spectacular performance is highlighted as new line opening nears
• Northern California: Amtrak's Capitol Corridor rail service hits new ridership record
• Bordeaux: With 26% annual increase, light rail tramway ridership now exceeds bus
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's September ridership leaps more than 31% in a year
• USA: Light rail leads sharp public transit growth in first half of 2006
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: Transit ridership hits highest monthly level in 23 years
• New Rail Lines Open in St. Louis, Nashville
• Houston: MetroRail ridership reaches 40,000 per day, as systemwide boardings soar
• Portland: "Choice" riders = 77% of MAX light rail ridership
• Denver: "Blown away" by phenomenal success of light rail
• Rail Transit vs. "Bus Rapid Transit": Comparative Success and Potential in Attracting Ridership
• Minneapolis: Hiawatha light rail's June ridership sets another record
• Sheffield: Light rail tramway, with operating profit, demonstrates clear success
• Hudson-Bergen, NJ: Light Rail Ridership's "Booming", New Transit-Oriented Development is "Sprouting"
• Salt Lake City: Transit ridership leaps 57% in 5 months
• Projected Ridership for New Light Rail Starts: issues of Accuracy and impact on Congestion
  
• St. Louis: Model of Light Rail Success Hosts international Light Rail Conference
• USA's Light Rail Systems Show Spectacular Ridership Growth in Third Quarter 2005, as All Transit Outstrips VMT
• USA: Light rail shows 279% growth in passenger-miles as APTA reports 20-year record of transit's huge success
• Minneapolis: Boosted by 33% rise on light rail, transit ridership jumps 7% in 2005
• Nottingham: NET light rail tramway ridership growing at "a phenomenal rate"
• Northern Virginia: Washington-area Virginia Railway Express regional rail ridership jumps 6.8%
• San Jose: With Opening of Full Vasona Extension, Light Rail Hits Highest Ridership in 3 1/2 Years
• Camden-Trenton: River Line light railway weekday ridership leaps 23% higher in a year
• St. Louis: Soaring light rail ridership boosts entire transit system
• Salt Lake City: "Wildly successful" TRAX light rail system hailed for "surpassing ridership estimates"
• Pittsburgh: Urban public transport ridership leaps
  
• St. Louis: MetroLink light rail daily ridership averages over 46,100
  
• Minneapolis: November light rail transit ridership nearly 59% over forecast
  
• Dublin: Luas light rail tramway network's performance exceeds expectations
  
• Denver: Transit ridership hits highest level in 30 years
  
• Sacramento: Light rail ridership hits record high of 58,000 per weekday
  
• Las Vegas: Monorail ridership drops nearly 12%
• Las Vegas Monorail: "Woeful" ridership prompts financial jitters
• Portland: Westside MAX Light Rail Line Ridership Exceeds 2008 Forecast
• Philadelphia: Nearly half of business commuters from NJ 'burbs to Center City use PATCO rail transit line
• Minneapolis: Nearly 40% of light rail riders are new to transit
• Calgary: Light rail's success prompts huge increase in public transport investment
• Minneapolis: More light rail cars ordered to meet strong ridership demand
• Portland's TriMet transit service continues to break ridership records
• Light rail growth rate led other major modes in 2004's US transit ridership surge
• Minneapolis: Final segment of light rail starter line opens
• Salt Lake City: Proportion of population using transit triples after introduction of light rail
• Rail Transit Continues to Lead in Ridership Growth Rate in USA, Canada
• Rail Transit Accounted for 84% of US Transit Passenger-Mile Growth, 1990-2000. Any Questions?
• Light Rail Leads All US Major Transit Modes in 2002 Growth
• US Light Rail Ridership Growth Rate Leads Major Fixed-Route Transit in 3rd Quarter 2002
• Over 5 Million People Use America's Rail and Other "Guideway" Systems Daily
• Light Rail Leads All US Major Transit Modes in 2002 Growth
  
• Mass Transit Soars in 1999, 2000
  
• Mass Transit's in "Decline"? Think Again!
  
• Light Rail's Besieged With Riders! This is a Problem?
  
• Does Light Rail "Rob" Bus Service, or Make it Prosper? You Decide!
  
• Light Rail's Stunning Track Record in Meeting - and Exceeding - Ridership Projections
  
• Light Rail and Lower-income Transit Riders
  

• US Rail Transit Excels in Safety
• New York City: Wesley Autrey's amazing heroism in the subway
• Denver & Western USA: Guess what kept moving when roads and airport runways froze? Hint: Try Amtrak
• LA's "Orange Line" Busway – "Just Like Rail, But Cheaper?" A Photo-Report Reality Check
• Salt Lake City: Snowstorm snarls traffic, but TRAX light rail keeps going strong
  
• Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for public transport
  
• LA-area Metrolink wreck: Beware erroneous lessons on push-pull rail transit operation
  
• Transit Mode Safety: Rail Leads
  
• Reality Check: The REAL Transportation Safety Problem
• Fatality Rates: Transit Passengers vs. Motor Vehicle Occupants
  
• Public Transit = Much Safer Travel
  

• Atlanta: Transit photos? Don't even THiNK about it...
• Britain: Air travellers switch to Eurostar rail after terror scare disrupts air transport system
• New York City: Even without legal policy, cops cracking down on subway photography
• New Jersey Transit: Despite policy change, cops continue de facto ban on railway photography
• Amtrak: Another rail photographer victimized in security hysteria frenzy
• New Jersey: Major victory in effort to resist criminalization of railway photography
  
• New Jersey: Harassment, detention of railway photographer illustrates spreading "security" abuse
  
• Seattle: Another transit photographer collared in "terror" hysteria
  
• New York City's MTA holds off photo ban – but do the cops know?
  
• Rail photographers victimized by police "terrorism" crackdown in Chicago-area regional-rail system
  
• New York City MTA's photo ban plans spark firestorm of protest
  
• New York City transit tops move toward criminalizing transit photography
  

Smart Growth: see Urban Development and TOD

Success (Measuring): see Feasibility Issues

Traffic Congestion: see Mobility Congestion

Transit Holocaust: see Historical Issues

• USA: Determining urban all-purpose automobile Average Vehicle Occupancy
  
• Cost per Passenger-Mile of an Urban Automobile
  

• Phoenix: Transit-oriented development booming along light rail line
• Debunking Randal O'Toole's Attack on Portland: CNU Study Rebuts Anti-Rail/Anti-Planning Hokum
• Buffalo: Housing values found to be higher near most Metro Rail stations
• US households with "good transit access" spend half as much income on transportation, says study
• Phoenix: Train's coming! Light rail car tested at full speed
• Rapid Streetcar: Rescaling Design and Cost for More Affordable Light Rail Transit
• Little Rock: River Rail streetcar's spectacular performance is highlighted as new line opening nears
• Photo-Essay – Rail vs. Highway-Focused Land Use:
  An Aerial Photo Tale of Two Cities
• Baltimore: Rail transit is focus of major central-city multi-use development
• Hudson-Bergen, NJ: Light Rail Ridership's "Booming", New Transit-Oriented Development is "Sprouting"
• Transit-Oriented Development benefits working families via access to jobs and affordable housing, says report
• Little Rock: Streetcar Success Leads to Expansion of River Rail System
• Denver: Huge $750 million transit-oriented development plan unveiled for light rail station area
• Phoenix: Light rail benefits attracting businesses to locate along route
• Buffalo: Waterfront project linked to light rail transit access
• Dallas: DART light rail pulls another major firm into city's downtown
• Denver: More evidence of a vibrant downtown helped by high-quality public transport
  
• Phoenix: Light rail cited as reason for city's site selection by Google
  
• Dublin: Luas light rail tramway network's performance exceeds expectations
  
• Detroit's Object Lesson: The Height of Foolishness – Sprawl Without Growth
  
• Myths vs. Realities: Light Rail & Property Values in Orange County
• Merchants and Mass Transit: Two Views
  
• Dallas: Light Rail Fuels Anti-Sprawl Urban Boom in Suburbs
• Dallas Light Rail Sparks Development Boom
• Dispelling the Dallas "Vacancy Rate Recession" Myth