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

• Detroit: Light rail project funding gets boost with new federal legislation
• Norfolk (Virginia): As light rail nears opening, major cost savings are reported mainly from shifting work in-house rather than outsourcing to private contractors
• US FTA accelerates funding of 7 rail transit expansion projects
• Los Angeles: $154 million conversion to turnstile fare collection hits $46 million snag, gets denounced as "boondoggle"
• America's deepening economic crisis intensifies budget crisis in public transport industry
• USA: Facing budget crunches, transit agencies wrestle with service cuts, fare hikes
• Bogotá's TransMilenio "BRT": Mythology About Traffic Impacts, Carbon Credits, and Costs
• USA: Fix FTA's New Starts program, transit industry pros tell Senate
• USA: FTA planning to revamp New Starts/Small Starts rating criteria
• Brisbane Reality Check: The high cost of "cheap" busways
• Tipping the Playing Field: How America's Federal Funding Policy Heavily Favors Roads Over Transit
• US streetcar development gets another boost from Blumenauer
• US Mass Transport Wins Big Funding Increase in Stimulus Bill
• USA: PBS news report focuses on mass transit success vs. crisis
• US Transit Ridership Surges, But Crisis Deepens, and Clamor Grows for "New Deal" Economic Investment in Public Transport
• China leads the way? Rail public transport investment at heart of massive economic stimulus initiative
• USA: Public transport investment pushed as key element of economic stimulus program
• Resounding Endorsements for Rail Ballot Measures in Seattle, St. Louis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Honolulu
• USA: Ten – Count 'Em – 10 Rail Ballot Initiatives Facing Voters on Nov. 4th
• Armada of Transit Initiatives Heads Toward USA's November 2008 Ballots
• With Rail Leading, America's Transit Ridership Soars – But After Years of Underfunding, Agencies Plunge Into Crisis
• 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
• Does Light Rail "Rob" Bus Service, or Make it Prosper? You Decide!
  
• 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

• US Federal Railroad Administration takes aim ... at light rail
• Newark City Subway: Light rail + freight railroad track-sharing ends
• 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

• France programs massive investment of as much as €21 billion (US $29 billion) for urban electric rail transit development
• As Washington Meanders Toward "Regime Change"...Here's Our Wish List for Rational US Public Transport Policies
• 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?

• Bogotá's TransMilenio "BRT": Mythology About Traffic Impacts, Carbon Credits, and Costs
• Charlotte's New Lynx Light Rail: Ridership, Development, and Energy Benefits = Huge Success
• 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
  

• Kalamazoo: Pro-transit vote edging city back toward a real (rail) transit system?
• 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
• Does Light Rail "Rob" Bus Service, or Make it Prosper? You Decide!
  
• 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

Operational Issues: see Design & Operational Issues

Opponents of Public Transport: see Rail Public Transport Opponents

"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

• Detroit: Light rail project funding gets boost with new federal legislation
• Cincinnati Does It Again! Rail Transit Wins a Second Time, Clearing Way for Light Rail Streetcar Project
• Cincinnati columnist: "Anti-Streetcar Measure Is a Trojan Horse"
• USA: Obesity of population may drastically reduce capacity of public transit systems
• Cincinnati: They're at it again! Anti-rail extremists push ANOTHER ballot measure to outlaw rail transit
• Cincinnati: City officials keep streetcar project moving forward, despite resistance of new anti-rail Ohio governor
• Ohio's far-right governor scuttles rail passenger plan, kills major jobs and economic development projects
• Tampa: Transit supporters mobilize to keep light rail possibility alive
• Tampa: Light rail ballot initiative fails
• St. Louis: Victory in the Battle for Public Transportation — "Confessions of a Front Line Warrior for Transit"
• Tampa: Newspaper backs light rail plan coming before voters
• Tampa: Mayor declares "BRT" is "not acceptable" — LRT is region's only rational choice
• America's deepening economic crisis intensifies budget crisis in public transport industry
• USA: Facing budget crunches, transit agencies wrestle with service cuts, fare hikes
• USA: DOT OKs "livability" factors for assessing major transit investments
• As US economy stalls, public transit sputters
• America's economic slump drags down public transit ridership
• USA: Reeling from world economic crash, 90% of public transit systems raise fares or cut service
• Cincinnati: Rail Transit Wins at Last!
• Cincinnati: Streetcar plan, and future of all rail, to be decided in November 3rd vote
• NYC: New transport chief pushes more livable city, but anti-rail "BRT" campaign could be "booby trap"
• USA: Fix FTA's New Starts program, transit industry pros tell Senate
• USA: FTA planning to revamp New Starts/Small Starts rating criteria
• USA: Obama administration's DOT appointments suggest more signs of major policy change
• Los Angeles: Voters demonstrate increasing enthusiasm for rail transit initiatives
• Tipping the Playing Field: How America's Federal Funding Policy Heavily Favors Roads Over Transit
• USA: "Regime change" at FTA, FRA bodes well for public transport
• US streetcar development gets another boost from Blumenauer
• US Mass Transport Wins Big Funding Increase in Stimulus Bill
• USA: PBS news report focuses on mass transit success vs. crisis
• US Transit Ridership Surges, But Crisis Deepens, and Clamor Grows for "New Deal" Economic Investment in Public Transport
• China leads the way? Rail public transport investment at heart of massive economic stimulus initiative
• USA: Public transport investment pushed as key element of economic stimulus program
• Resounding Endorsements for Rail Ballot Measures in Seattle, St. Louis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Honolulu
• USA: Ten – Count 'Em – 10 Rail Ballot Initiatives Facing Voters on Nov. 4th
• Albuquerque: Yet another rail transit funding initiative on Nov. 4th ballot
• Youngstown, Ohio: Ballot measure would provide dedicated funding for public transit
• Kansas City: Chamber, tourism industry, leading paper all urge Yes vote on light rail
• USA Election: John McCain's persistent record of saying No to transit and rail passenger investment
• USA Election: Joe Biden, longtime rail passenger champion, seeks vice-presidency on Obama-Biden ticket
• USA Election: Barack Obama may get boost from strong pro-transit, pro-rail recordd
• Armada of Transit Initiatives Heads Toward USA's November 2008 Ballots
• USA: Obama says "Yes", McCain "No" to Amtrak Passenger Rail and Rail Safety bills
• As Washington Meanders Toward "Regime Change"...Here's Our Wish List for Rational US Public Transport Policies
• US Federal Railroad Administration takes aim ... at light rail
• State of Texas to Austin transit: Get lost
• Bush DOT's privatization & motorization scheme = "Been There, Done That"
• With Rail Leading, America's Transit Ridership Soars – But After Years of Underfunding, Agencies Plunge Into Crisis
• John McCain's long hostility to rail public transport may now be liability
• Nearly 3/4 of Surface Transport Terror Attacks Involve Personal Motor Vehicles – So US Security Officials Focus on ... Trains?
• 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"
  

• Norfolk, Virginia: 80% of public support extension of The Tide light rail system
• Norfolk, Virginia: Survey poll indicates strong public support for new light rail system
• Los Angeles: Voters demonstrate increasing enthusiasm for rail transit initiatives
• Kalamazoo: Pro-transit vote edging city back toward a real (rail) transit system?
• 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

• John McCain's long hostility to rail public transport may now be liability
• 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

• Austin, Texas: City's Urban Rail Plan Needs Major Overhaul
• Detroit: Light rail project funding gets boost with new federal legislation
• Pittsburgh: North Shore Connector light rail project aims for March opening
• Cincinnati Does It Again! Rail Transit Wins a Second Time, Clearing Way for Light Rail Streetcar Project
• San Antonio: City's daily paper backs streetcar plan as "precursor" to larger light rail
• Seattle: Development of citywide streetcar system advances
• Oklahoma City: Streetcar project moves forward as basic route plan is accepted
• With "Overwhelming" Ridership, Norfolk, Virginia Opens The Tide — America's Latest Interurban-Type Light Rail Line
• Washington, DC: First starter lines of proposed citywide streetcar system "taking shape", as city seeks operating contractor
• Norfolk (Virginia): As light rail nears opening, major cost savings are reported mainly from shifting work in-house rather than outsourcing to private contractors
• Cincinnati: City officials keep streetcar project moving forward, despite resistance of new anti-rail Ohio governor
• Providence: Transit agency narrows route options to three for proposed 2-mile streetcar starter line
• Augusta (Georgia): Streetcar desire still alive
• Denton, Texas Rolls Out Its A-train Regional Passenger Rail Service
• Ft. Lauderdale: Streetcar still desired — This time, it's "The Wave"
• Denton, Texas: Regional rail transit line using DMUs prepares to open
• Charlotte: Lynx light rail alignment provides demonstration track for new Kinkisharyo hybrid streetcar
• Beijing: China's Massive Rail Transport Boom Continues As City Adds Five New Rail Transit Lines
• US FTA accelerates funding of 7 rail transit expansion projects
• Los Angeles Undertakes "Biggest Expansion of its Mass Transit System in Decades"
• Vancouver (Canada): Suburban city of Surrey eyes possible light rail system
• Dallas-area suburb plans unique station as DART light rail extension nears
• Norfolk launches multi-modal transportation center project
• Tampa: Newspaper backs light rail plan coming before voters
• Tampa: Mayor declares "BRT" is "not acceptable" — LRT is region's only rational choice
• Cincinnati: Casino revenues may help fund planned streetcar system
• Australian Gold Coast: Construction work finally begins on light rail transit project
• Projects on 5 Continents Highlight Continuing World Rail Transit Boom
• Cincinnati: Streetcar project awarded crucial state and local funding
• Cincinnati: Light rail streetcar project advances with jolts of state, local funding
• Oklahoma City: Light rail streetcar plan takes shape, with opening scheduled for 2020
• USA: DOT OKs "livability" factors for assessing major transit investments
• St. Louis: At last, voters approve major funding for public transit
• Austin's Capital MetroRail Returns Rail Transit to Central Texas
• Minneapolis Area: Northstar Regional Rail Links Northwest Communities With Central City
• New Haven: Streetcar starter line priced at "less than $30 million"
• Waco: Business leaders promote streetcar plan
• Honolulu's Elevated Rail Rapid Transit Project Moves Forward
• Augusta, Georgia: City's streetcar plan gains momentum
• Providence: Will streetcars return to New England's "Creative Capital"?
• Boise: Civic leaders push light rail streetcar plan
• East Los Angeles Goes for the Gold ... With Opening of "La Linea de Oro"
• Portland and Dallas Go Green! New "Green Lines" Extend the Reach of Light Rail in Both Cities
• Dallas: First Segment of Green Line Light Rail Extension Opens
• Portland: New Green Line Light Rail Extension Opens
• Oklahoma City voters approve funding for light rail streetcar
• Tucson's Light Rail Streetcar Project Making Progress
• France programs massive investment of as much as €21 billion (US $29 billion) for urban electric rail transit development
• Reno planning to convert new "BRT" line to streetcar system
• Winston-Salem, NC: Officials eye federal stimulus funds for modern streetcar proposal
• Seattle's New Link Light Rail System Brings Rapid Transit to Puget Sound Region
• Seattle's Arduous Political Trek to Its New Link Light Rail Transit System
• San Antonio: New light rail/streetcar concept gains support
• Norfolk area: Virginia Beach mulls light rail link-up with Norfolk's Tide project
• Cincinnati: Rail Transit Wins at Last!
• Cincinnati: Streetcar plan, and future of all rail, to be decided in November 3rd vote
• Detroit: Private funding boosts light rail project
• Medellín: Rail Rapid Transit (Metro) Overview
• Oklahoma City: Streetcar plan gains support
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: Rail Transit Development Is Booming
• Dallas: First segment of new light rail Green Line nearing finish
• Augusta, Georgia: City's streetcar plan gains momentum
• Congratulations, Seattle! Link light rail opens July 18th
• Tulsa: Getting serious about rail transit?
• San Jose: New heritage trolley line opens
• Milwaukee: Feds OK nearly $55 million for streetcar starter line ... but bickering stalls progress
• Portland, Oregon: New streetcar line finally gets federal funding
• Albuquerque: As Rail Runner Express Reaches Santa Fe, Success Inspires Calls for Further Expansion
• Waco: Streetcar possibility attracts local interest
• Ft. Lauderdale: Mayor seeks to revive light rail plan
• Detroit: As "BRT" plan fizzles, light rail moves to center stage
• Stamford: Proposed streetcar system favored in study
• Phoenix: Light Rail Opens, Ridership Soars
• Des Moines: Light rail eyed for downtown "people mover"
• Ft. Worth: New streetcar plan moving forward?
• Omaha: Analysis paralysis? Yet another light rail study...
• Savannah: Hybrid "wireless" streetcar line makes debut
• China leads the way? Rail public transport investment at heart of massive economic stimulus initiative
• As Washington Meanders Toward "Regime Change"...Here's Our Wish List for Rational US Public Transport Policies
• Kansas City: New light rail transit plan heading for November vote
• Orlando: Regional passenger rail project gets federal thumbs-up
• Grand Rapids: Streetcar proposal gets boost from projections of major benefits
• Stamford eyes light rail streetcar system
• San Diego Area: Sprinter Diesel-Powered Light Regional Railway Opens
• 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
  

• 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

• Portland, Oregon: Rail transit sees modest ridership increase, but bus services see loss in February 2010
• USA: Five light rail systems register double-digit ridership gains in 3rd quarter 2010
• Phoenix provides model of light rail success for Tampa
• As US economy stalls, public transit sputters
• America's economic slump drags down public transit ridership
• Dallas: Despite economic crisis, light rail ridership keeps growing
• Phoenix: Light rail ridership continues to soar above projections
• Albuquerque: As Rail Runner Express Reaches Santa Fe, Success Inspires Calls for Further Expansion
• Salt Lake: One-third of campus travel via light rail
• San Jose: Transit ridership keeps growing ... but economic crisis threatens service
• Phoenix: Light Rail Opens, Ridership Soars
• US Transit Ridership Surges, But Crisis Deepens, and Clamor Grows for "New Deal" Economic Investment in Public Transport
• Dallas: Rail modes continue to lead DART's strong transit ridership growth rate
• Washington-Northern Virginia: Regional rail ridership surges nearly 13% in year
• San Jose: In continuing comeback, light rail ridership hits new high
• Charlotte's New Lynx Light Rail: Ridership, Development, and Energy Benefits = Huge Success
• Minneapolis: More spectacular ridership gains for Hiawatha light rail transit
• With Rail Leading, America's Transit Ridership Soars – But After Years of Underfunding, Agencies Plunge Into Crisis
• Dallas: Led by rail, DART transit ridership setting records
• Philadelphia: SEPTA light rail ridership up 54.2%
• 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
  

• New Orleans: Public transit helps evacuation...and streetcars, buses are protected
• Hurricane Gustav: Amtrak trains play key role in New Orleans evacuation
• State of Texas to Austin transit: Get lost
• 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
  

• State of Texas to Austin transit: Get lost
• Nearly 3/4 of Surface Transport Terror Attacks Involve Personal Motor Vehicles – So US Security Officials Focus on ... Trains?
• 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

Track-Sharing Issues: see Design & Operational 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 provides model of light rail success for Tampa
• Thinking about light rail? Here's a track record of economic development to ponder...
• Phoenix: Light rail boosts uptown's economic revival
• NYC: New transport chief pushes more livable city, but anti-rail "BRT" campaign could be "booby trap"
• Portland: The freeway city that might have been – without light rail
• Charlotte's New Lynx Light Rail: Ridership, Development, and Energy Benefits = Huge Success
• 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