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Article: Light rail hits the West ... again. (includes related article on other light-rail plans)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- May 1, 1987
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Light rail hits the West . . . again
What's bigger than a bus, and also moreefficient, nonpolluting, more likely to be cost effective--and certainly more nostalgic? For traffic-choked Western cities, the answer increasingly is the old reliable streetcar or trolley, reborn as "light rail.'
Sacramento's system is the latest: the firsthalf of its 18-mile RT Metro was inaugurated on March 12. Portland started its 15-mile MAX system last September. And by the end of this year, San Jose hopes to finally open the first 6 miles of its Guadalupe Corridor Light Rail Transit.
Add these to other systems that haveopened or are under construction, and at ...