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- 2008: Jan.-Mar.
Ft. Lauderdale: Light rail streetcar project pushed by civic leaders ...
Reading, Pennsylvania: Civic leaders attracted by benefits of proposed electric streetcar system ...
Birmingham, Alabama: Light rail streetcar plan now moving forward with local funding ...
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 ...
Ft. Worth area: Satellite communities clamor for inclusion in region's rail transit system ...
- 2007: Oct.-Dec.
Boston: Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed trolley line re-opens ...
Salt Lake City: First FrontRunner train makes test run ... Miami: Streetcar project moves forward with City-County financing package ...
Charlotte: New light rail line's ridership exceeds forecast by 35% ... Grand Rapids: Civic leaders explore plan for streetcars ...
Seattle: South Lake Union Streetcar nears Dec. 12th startup ... Roanoke: Light rail streetcar plan attracts growing interest ...
Little Rock: Another "Rapid Streetcar"? Communities eye extending River Rail to airport ... Houston's MetroRail (LRT) breaks record with 40 million boardings ...
New Orleans: Streetcars returning to St. Charles Avenue ... Houston Metro dumps "BRT", reinstates light rail transit plan in 5 corridors ...
Charlotte: Black Political Caucus votes to back transit tax ... Tucson: Streetcar project under way in coordination with downtown revitalization ... USA: Democratic presidential contenders Richardson & Clinton push public transport, light rail, TOD ...
- 2007: Jul.-Sep.
Albuquerque: Rail Runner Express attracting ridership, expanding toward Santa Fe ...
Denver: Light rail ridership, now at 61,000 a day, continues to set new records ... Eindhoven: Big problems for "Phileas FROG" guided "BRT" ... USA: Determining urban all-purpose automobile Average Vehicle Occupancy ...
St. Louis: MetroLink light rail ridership reaches all-time high ... USA: New York Times article prompts criticism with attack on mass transit funding ...
Buffalo: Housing values found to be higher near most Metro Rail stations ... San Diego Trolley weekday ridership up 5.1% over previous year ... Toronto: "Transit City" light rail development on a fast track? ...
Washington: Metrorail achieves more ridership records ... Denver launches massive FasTracks construction program with West corridor light rail project ... US households with "good transit access" spend half as much income on transportation, says study...
- 2007: Apr.-Jun.
St. Louis: 93% in online poll support extending MetroLink light rail ... San Diego Trolley ridership continues growth ... Phoenix: Train's coming! Light rail car tested at full speed ... Padua (Padova, italy): "Guided-bus" ("BRT") plagued by derailments ... Lancaster (Pennsylvania): Streetcar proposal moving forward ...
Austin: Rail transit project passes major milestone with completion of first railcar ... Columbus: 68% in poll back streetcar proposal ... Portland: MAX light rail ridership jumps to 104,200 average weekday trips ...
Australian Gold Coast: 70% in poll favor light rail over "rapid bus" ... Albuquerque: Streetcar plan under study by city council ... St. Louis: MetroLink light rail reaching ridership targets 8 years early ...
Philadelphia: Light rail growth rate leads major gains for region's public transit ... Santa Barbara: "Transit War" battle flares over proposal for regional passenger rail to Ventura County ... Amtrak expansion backed in online poll...
- 2007: Jan.-Mar.
Toronto: Huge light rail expansion planned as heart of "Transit City" vision ... Charlotte: Public transit expansion program may face fight for survival ... New York City: First contract awarded for Second Avenue Subway project ... Tucson: Streetcar project takes shape ... Denver: Expanded light rail system ridership already exceeds projections ... St. Louis: 56% in poll identify MetroLink light rail expansion as public works project "most important to region's economy" ... Braunschweig (Germany): New light rail tram line to suburbs reverses Transit Holocaust ... Amtrak: National Association of Railroad Passengers on Bush administration's latest plan to slash rail funding: "They still don't get it" ... Toronto: Segment of rehabbed St. Clair streetcar line opens...and more to open Feb. 18th ... Portland survey: 43% of adults riding TriMet's transit system at least twice a month ... Transit Holocaust revisited: New book examines GM and the anti-electric traction conspiracy ... indiana: Regional passenger rail ("commuter rail") bill nears State Senate hearing ...
Little Rock: River Rail streetcar's spectacular performance is highlighted as new line opening nears ... New York City: Wesley Autrey's amazing heroism in the subway ... Northern California: Amtrak's Capitol Corridor rail service hits new ridership record...
- 2006: Oct.-Dec.
Denver & Western USA: Guess what kept moving when roads and airport runways froze? Hint: Try Amtrak
... 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 ... Ottawa: City council votes to cancel light rail transit project ... Véléz-Málaga: Tiny light rail tramway opens in small Spanish town ... Bordeaux: With 26% annual increase, light rail tramway ridership now exceeds bus ... 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 ... Streetcar vs. Bus: Operating cost comparison ... Salt Lake: Residents prefer rail transit to highway expansion by nearly 14 to 1 ... Portland: Streetcar extension to South Waterfront district opens ... 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 ... Philadelphia: Route 15 streetcar revival completes first year ... Atlanta: Transit photos? Don't even THiNK about it...
- 2006: Jul.-Sep.
Houston: MetroRail ridership reaches 40,000 per day, as systemwide boardings soar
... Amtrak: Revenues covering 79% of direct operating costs ... Portland: "Choice" riders = 77% of MAX light rail ridership ... Denver: "Blown away" by phenomenal success of light rail ... St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's Cross-County Extension opens! ... Madison: Streetcar planning picks up momentum amid growing interest ... St. Louis: MetroLink light rail's new Cross-County Extension ready to open ... Huntington Beach (California): "Surf City" eyes possible light rail line ... Dublin: Luas light rail tramway system reports operating profit for 2005 ... Spokane: Diesel-powered light railway proposal to face voters in November ... Minneapolis: Hiawatha light rail's June ridership sets another record ... Britain: Air travellers switch to Eurostar rail after terror scare disrupts air transport system ... Baltimore: Rail transit is focus of major central-city multi-use development ... Boise (idaho): Mayor favors "trolleys" or "some form of light rail" ... Albuquerque: Rail Runner regional passenger rail service to start July 14th ... France: Highspeed intercity rail service attracts passengers from airlines ...
- 2006: Apr.-Jun.
Sheffield: Light rail tramway, with operating profit, demonstrates clear success
... Newark: Broad St. extension of City Subway light rail line nears opening ... Valenciennes: Another new French light rail tramway gets ready to open ... Light Rail Now taking a break for APTA Rail Conference ... Grenoble: Light rail tramway opens new Line C ... Norfolk: Proposed light rail starter line project advances with latest Fed nod ... Salt Lake City: Transit ridership leaps 31% in 5 months ... Amtrak: National rail passenger group calls for restoring full Sunset Limited service ... USA: Two-trillion-dollar investment in interstate Highway System? ... Palermo: New light rail tramway project for another italian city ... Mulhouse: Brand-new light rail tramway starting up ... Albuquerque: With regional rail startup imminent, light rail streetcar plan moves forward ... Denver: Transit strike ends, but crucial importance of public transport is shown ... 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 ... Norfolk (Virginia): Next American light rail project? ... Transit-Oriented Development benefits working families via access to jobs and affordable housing, says report ... Light Rail Now website visitor activity up 31% since December ... USA: Light rail shows 279% growth in passenger-miles as APTA reports 20-year record of transit's huge success ... Denver: Light rail, bus service shut down by first transit strike in 24 years ...
- 2006: Jan.-Mar.
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" ... Dallas: Dr. Dan Monaghan, renowned advocate of DART and Amtrak, "in the final chapter of an extraordinary life" ... PRT: Wikipedia takes more critical look ... Orange County: Rail transit gets green light ... Salt Lake City: Snowstorm snarls traffic, but TRAX light rail keeps going strong ... Northern Virginia: Washington-area Virginia Railway Express regional rail ridership jumps 6.8% ... New York City: Even without legal policy, cops cracking down on subway photography ... New Orleans: St. Charles streetcar line reopening now targeted for "late 2007" ... Petroleum consumption comparison – USA, European Union, Australia ... Bergen (Norway): Light rail project gets final approval ... Bush administration rapped for slashing energy-efficiency programs ... Adelaide: Upgraded Glenelg tramway opened with new trams ... Urban transport energy efficiency comparison ... US transit: Paul Weyrich appointed to surface transport panel ... Camden-Trenton:: River Line light railway weekday ridership leaps 23% higher in a year ... APTA raps Bush administration for slashing transit funding ... St. Louis: Soaring light rail ridership boosts entire transit system ... New Jersey Transit: Despite policy change, cops continue de facto ban on railway photography ... Denver: Huge $750 million transit-oriented development plan unveiled for light rail station area ... Salt Lake City: "Wildly successful" TRAX light rail system hailed for "surpassing ridership estimates" ... Portland: Summary of Portland voters' resounding support for light rail ... Amtrak: Another rail photographer victimized in security hysteria frenzy ... Denver: Southeast light rail line due to open ahead of schedule ... Phoenix: Light rail benefits attracting businesses to locate along route ... Pittsburgh: Transit ridership hits highest level in 3 years, as light rail soars by 9.4% ... Historical Note: illinois Terminal electric interurban didn't "fold" – it was euthanized, says transit industry veteran ... London: Docklands Light Railway extension to City Airport opens ... Orange County: Regional rail and "rapid bus", perhaps streetcars, may replace defunct CenterLine light rail plan ... Sacramento: New Folsom light rail extension "more popular than anyone anticipated" ... Grenoble: Northwest light rail tramway extension planned, as system builds on success ... New Jersey: Major victory in effort to resist criminalization of railway photography ...
- 2005: Oct.-Dec.
Buffalo: Waterfront project linked to light rail transit access
... Minneapolis: City eyes streetcar, funds $300,000 study
... Nottingham: Light rail tramway reports operating surplus as ridership jumps 8.4%
... Dallas: DART light rail pulls another major firm into city's downtown
... Portland: Green Line line rail expansion project moves ahead
... 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
... Denver: More evidence of a vibrant downtown helped by high-quality public transport
... Amtrak: Miffed at board's action, railworker unions threaten to shut down Northeast Corridor
... 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
... New York City: Second Ave. subway, here we come – bond vote wins!
... More 2005 vote results: Texas rail relocation measure passes; Seattle monorail loses
... Phoenix: Light rail cited as reason for city's site selection by Google
... New Jersey: Harassment, detention of railway photographer illustrates spreading "security" abuse
... Dublin: Luas light rail tramway network's performance exceeds expectations
... Denver: Transit ridership hits highest level in 30 years
... Las Vegas: Monorail ridership drops nearly 12%
... New Jersey: Latest Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit extension in Weehawken nears opening
... Portland's light rail transit helps reduce per-capita greenhouse emissions, says study
... Sacramento: Light rail ridership hits record high of 58,000 per weekday
... Seattle: "Green Line" monorail project faces mounting troubles, re-vote on Nov. 8th
... Philadelphia, San Jose, Sacramento: More new light rail lines open
... Charlotte: Light rail for city's east side gains support
... Albuquerque: RailRunner regional rail project approaches startup
... New Orleans: Transit slowly comes back to life; streetcar repair effort begins
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