Article: TRANSPORTATION, HUD FUNDING APPROVED FOR ARIZONA PROJECTS

Article: HOUSE COMMITTEE OKAYS $90 MILLION FOR LIGHT RAIL, ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2006 ;     644 words ... ... Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Project. "Anyone who lives and ... House and Senate approval." The light rail project, currently under construction ... residents of the rapidly growing South Mountain/Laveen portion of Phoenix ...

Article: LIGHT RAIL FOR THE FUTURE CALLERS UNWILLING TO PAY ...
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  September 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... willing to pay the cost of building a light rail system that would connect Northern Kentucky ... Supporters of a proposed $2.6 billion light rail system are campaigning for a tax hike ... Regional Transit Authority also has proposed light rail routes through Kenton and Boone counties ...

Article: Light rail spending to jump
Journal of Business;  November 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... oft-dismissed-idea of developing a light-rail system here is gathering momentum. The ... for the local share of that project-light rail could move forward quickly, says Spokane ... projected that within 20 years after a new light-rail line opened between those two points ...

Article: Light rail gets the green light: Brazil's first ...
International Railway Journal;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 9 million) project to introduce a light rail service between Crato, a regional ... taken Brazilian cities so long to take light rail seriously. The first is that at one time Brazil had two light rail systems, one in Rio de Janeiro, the ...

Article: Light rail fans, foes try to get public opinion on ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Public opinion has swung toward light rail, but the battle to influence the opinions of decision makers rages on. Light rail advocates and road builders alike ... who must decide whether to build a light rail system and whether to add bus and ...

Article: Light rail moves inland from the 'Left Coast'
High Country News;  November 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... shirt-and-tie finest queue up at light-rail stations near the Mormon temple. On ... students jump on and off trains at the light-rail station near where church prophet Brigham ... is the place." In just six years, light rail has become deeply embedded in the daily ...

Article: Light-rail advocates advance their cause
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  April 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 04-19-2007 Light-rail advocates advance their cause -- NJ ... forward Wednesday with an expanded study of light-rail trains for Bergen County, after a steady ... a lower-cost diesel alternative to light rail known as DMUs. The agency's preference ...