Article: Colombo may get light rail.

Article: Houston Light-Rail Approval Opens New Vistas for ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... car. Yet new patterns of urban development triggered by the light rail lines voters approved Nov ... civic activists say. The light rail system "is going to be ... plan calls for 80 miles of light rail by 2025. Since much of ...

Article: Improved freeways, light rail or both? Political, ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 8, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Corridor Study, which is reviewing light rail and several options for rebuilding ... uncontrolled suburban development while light rail encourages compact urban development. In Portland, a 10-year-old light rail system and 20-year-old restrictions ...

Article: SEN. CARDIN APPLAUDS SENATE APPROVAL OF $4 MILLION FOR BALTIMORE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 18, 2009 ;     480 words ... ... the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill. The light rail project will run 14 miles from east to ... MARC Penn and Camden Lines, the Central Light Rail Line, the Baltimore Metro system, as ...

Article: SEN. CARDIN APPLAUDS SENATE APPROVAL OF $4 MILLION FOR PURPLE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 19, 2009 ;     498 words ... ... approving $4 million for the Purple Line as part of the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill. The light rail line will connect major centers of Bethesda/Chevy Chase, Silver Spring, University of ...

Article: SEN. DOLE ADVOCATES FOR $4.75 MILLION FOR CHARLOTTE LIGHT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2007 ;     487 words ... ... Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies ... Dole. "The Charlotte light rail project exemplifies ... transportation and urban development challenges and work ... Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project extends 14 ...

Article: SINGAPORE HOLDS ITS TRAFFIC AT BAY VIA FEES AND LIGHT ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... stays ahead of new urban development and provides seamless ... connections between bus, light rail and train systems ... the form of a bus and light rail system reminiscent ... its own plans for a light rail system. With 25 miles ...

Article: Provision sought for light rail; Christchurch ...
The Press;  February 7, 2007 ;     650 words ...Light rail should be put ... Christchurch, says urban development strategy chairman ... of building a light-rail network was enormous ... submissions on the urban development strategy, 43 ... was the need for light rail. At a council ...