Light Rail in Denver to Open October 7

U.S. Newswire;  September 26, 1994 ;     674 words ......will dedicate the new light rail line with a festive...region to embrace light rail as a clean, convenient...enjoy." "Denver's new light rail system represents...APTA) said. "With light rail, Denver is offering...Denver's 5.3 mile light rail system ...

Public opinion still undecided on light rail Greenfield referendum...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ......s vote that year was close: 52% against light rail and 48% in favor. Greenfield Ald. Jeffrey Stone, a light rail opponent who sponsored his city's light rail referendum, said he expected a bigger "no...Rob Henken, executive director of the pro-light rail Alliance for ...

SIDES PRESENT OPPOSITE VIEWS ON LIGHT RAIL.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ......that already have light rail, the extent of...also would expand bus routes, add neighborhood...questions whether light rail is the answer to...problems. More bus routes perhaps offer a...flexible approach than light rail to addressing transit...time, they ...

Money Shortage Threatens Plans to Build Spokane, Wash., Light Rail System.

The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 13, 2003 ;     567 words ......efforts to build a local light rail system. STA's light rail steering committee is...funding for the proposed light rail system between downtown...that Spokane County light rail would win key federal...along with many fixed bus routes. There would be ...

New starts for light rail.(Brief Article)

Mass Transit;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Colorado opened the 8.7-mile light rail SouthWest extension. It...on existing freeways and light rail on a modest scale was chosen...is also the terminal for bus routes from the surrounding area...the fleet of 11 SD 100 light rail vehicles from Siemens ...

Question remains: Light rail or no light rail? System is only one option...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......that doomed previous light rail proposals. Light rail is just one of the...to commission. New bus routes also will be studied...service whether it's light rail, buses or an expanded...he said. A limited light rail system also could...Joe Caruso said. A ...

Thin Majority of Seattle-Area Residents Still Backs Light Rail Project.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......what should happen to light rail, 40 percent want to...building a smaller light-rail system; 14 percent...now want to abandon light rail. -- When asked to choose between building light rail and expanding the...planned or abandoning light rail for a free, ...

Light rail trolley would be costly dead end

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 19, 1991 ;     700+ words ...The proposed light rail trolley system for the...obvious benefit of the light rail trolley is the reduction...congestion will increase. The light rail trolley has to run somewhere...is contemplated, the light rail trolley will have to...increasing congestion. The ...

Light rail won't steal bus riders

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 5, 1996 ;     301 words ......destroy our existing bus system. The facts...cities to implement light rail have seen both impressive...and increases in bus ridership. In Denver, a starter light rail system only five...several parallel bus routes, light rail produced a 3% ...

Light rail ridership projected in millions

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 22, 2001 ;     378 words ...Light rail ridership projected...2001 A Milwaukee light rail or electric bus system could draw...County Transit System bus routes the proposed system...ordinarily board a bus, added HNTB Vice...from Beckwith. A light rail opponent called...realized by other ...

Few traffic jams, many debates Supporters, opponents of light rail find...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 19, 1997 ;     659 words ......freeway expansion and light rail. It's given them...and opponents of light rail and freeway expansion...is up on east-west bus routes which are running...freeway advocate and light rail opponent, called...means for building a light rail system, also ...

VOTERS SAY NO TO HIGHER TAXES\ PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM LOSES BIG.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Voters derailed a proposed $2.6 billion light rail system for Hamilton County Tuesday, overwhelmingly...to use a half-cent sales tax to build a light rail system that could have ultimately stretched...concede that Tuesday's defeat scuttles the light rail plan for the foreseeable ...

STATE WAFFLES ON ITS LIGHT RAIL SHARE.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ......proposed $2.6 billion light rail system on next month's...half-cent sales tax for the light rail plan - Issue 7 on the...uncertainties surrounding the light rail proposal. This has become...leader of Alternatives to Light Rail Transit. There are so...the proposed ...

THREE CITIES TO HAVE LIGHT RAIL VOTES.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  October 31, 2003 ;     364 words ......through the evening rush hour, many believe a light rail system could be the answer for frustrated...city transit plan to include a new 13-mile light rail system. Tucson isn't alone in asking voters...plans that include bolstering or building a light rail system. Currently, 19 U.S. ...

NEW BUS SYSTEM WOULD IMPROVE ACCESS TO LIGHT RAIL STATIONS.(LOCAL)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ......criticisms of a proposed light rail system is that residents...bus line or even to a light rail station. The system...conducted independently of light rail, but it could quell...Tuesday work session on light rail, some Virginia Beach...effort to get to a ...