Clubs Say Super Bowl Can Mend Image of Houston-Area Rail.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Jun. 22--Metro's light rail, slated to open a month before the Super Bowl, is expected to...critics doubt that light rail will be operational...not so grim. The Super Bowl, to be played...their promises. Light rail is scheduled to...work during the ...

Houston May Pay $500,000 to Promote Super Bowl.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  December 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......spend $500,000 on 50 Super Bowl tickets, game-related...sponsorship with the Houston Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee...areas frequented by Super Bowl visitors; $110,000...pedestrians from the light rail train on four blocks...city in an official Super ...

The Detroit agenda; Post-Super Bowl priority: Focus on mass transit.

Crain's Detroit Business;  February 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......itself in the wake of the Super Bowl and the answer came through...Detroit, who worked as a Super Bowl volunteer street ambassador...traveling downtown during Super Bowl faced hours-long waits...days leading up to the Super Bowl, twice as many as regular...Sally ...

COURT GIVES HOUSTON LIGHT RAIL GO-AHEAD

United Press International;  March 9, 2001 ;     380 words ......03-09-2001 Court gives Houston light rail go-ahead HOUSTON, Mar 09...go-ahead to a $300 million light rail public transit project...taxpayers $3 million. The light rail line, the first in the...The stadium will host the Super Bowl in 2004. Mayor Lee Brown...Houston ...

Main Street S...uare Fountain, Transit Form Super Bowl Centerpiece for...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 21, 2003 ;     548 words ......Jan. 1, when the light rail begins working...Houston for the Super Bowl on Feb. 1. The...More than 5,000 Super Bowl visitors will be...board and exit the light rail at the s...uare...running for the Super Bowl. The fountain will...

CLAIM OF DECLINE IN LIGHT RAIL UNFOUNDED

Rocky Mountain News;  July 16, 2005 ;     462 words ......another erroneous article penned by a light rail critic who plays fast and loose with...anti-transit critic Randal O'Toole ("Light rail poses triple threat to transit"), this...to slant facts in an attempt to show light rail transit in the worst possible light...

Light rail is all about money and you know

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 9, 1997 ;     627 words ...Light rail has not exactly been a riveting issue...that: I have a car. Because of that, the light rail debate is one for which I feel little...consultants have recommended building a light rail line through Milwaukee County, the price...

Newspaper's view on light rail has evolved.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Star Tribune's editorial position on light rail for the Twin Cities. It has been asserted that we changed from strong opponents of light rail to enthusiastic supporters because of...Tribune has a major conflict of interest on light rail and ... what? Our views on the subject...

LIGHT RAIL POPULAR, IF FREE RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS, BUT QUESTION...

The Virginian Pilot;  June 12, 1999 ;     560 words ......Hampton Roads residents believe that light rail would provide many benefits to the...expressed support. The popularity of light rail and widespread understanding of its benefits should hearten light rail supporters. But the one option for...

Houston Light Rail Had Super Sunday.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 10, 2004 ;     438 words ......Business News Feb. 10--On Super Bowl Sunday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's light rail line carried almost twice...officer, said statistics for Super Bowl weekend prove that many people...event. But he noted that the Super Bowl was an extraordinary ...

LIGHT RAIL CONSIDER ALL CURES.(LOCAL)(Editorial)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 5, 1999 ;     470 words ......decided to go ahead with a premature light-rail referendum on this November's ballot. Studies of the light-rail spur to the Naval Base are incomplete...percent gasoline tax hike to pay for light rail. That was wise, since the funding mechanism...

How can politicians vote on light rail without doing all the research?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ......politicians can properly vote for or submit to light rail before they have at least a brief education...Springfield's monorail and Milwaukee's light rail, other than Milwaukee is reality and light rail runs on two rails. Gary Harstad West Allis...

EXPERT DOUBTS LIGHT RAIL WILL WORK CITY MUST DEVELOP THE LAND ALONG WITH...

The Virginian Pilot;  January 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ......DEBBIE MESSINA, STAFF WRITER NORFOLK -- Light rail mass transit needs mass to succeed, and...and land use - the keynote speaker at a light rail symposium Thursday sponsored by Tidewater...residential development along the proposed light rail line for the commuter trains to be ...

Screwy light rail report shows need for more study

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 5, 1998 ;     443 words ...When it comes to light rail, Wendell Cox is not exactly an impartial...Mo., has acted as a consultant to light rail opponents in that area and has visited...offer support for a group opposed to light rail here. A transportation consultant...

LIGHT RAIL REFERENDUM THE BLACK & WHITE ISSUES EXPERTS COME TO OPPOSITE...

The Virginian Pilot;  October 22, 1999 ;     614 words ......VIRGINIA BEACH -- Voters on the fence about light rail may not want to turn to Thursday night...calculations. But for those with set opinions on light rail, the debate offered plenty of nuggets...about transportation and, especially, light rail. For instance, take construction ...