This just in from Milwaukie, Oregon... You guessed it, ANOTHER Light Rail Project Approved! OcklawahaQuoteDylan Rivera and Peter Zuckerman
The Oregonian
OREGON - After more than a decade of debate and a failed referendum, the Metro Council has unanimously endorsed plans to extend light rail from Portland to Milwaukie.
The $1.4 billion project would build the first Willamette River bridge in downtown Portland since 1973 and extend light rail to the growing southeast section of the metro area. The line would have a stop in the South Waterfront and the bridge would carry the Portland Streetcar, buses, bicyclists and pedestrians --but no cars.
The vote clears the way for a more thorough study of the line and a request for $750 million in federal money.
The project also received unanimous though less-enthusiastic support Thursday from Clackamas County commissioners, who expressed concern about public outreach.
Regional leaders see the Milwaukie line as the fulfillment of a decades-long promise to connect the southeast metro area to downtown with mass transit. The line would put more than 22,000 households and almost 89,000 workers within walking distance of a rail station, Metro estimates.
Where would one find a list of the light/ commuter rail projects started in the last say decade?
Great sources out there:
Me! Ha Ha "Just kidding"
Here's a short list:QuoteLight Rail is lightweight passenger rail cars operating singly (or in short, usually two-car, trains) on fixed rails in right-of-way that is not separated from other traffic for much of the way. Light rail vehicles are typically driven electrically with power being drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph. Also known as "streetcar," "tramway," "trolley car."
"Heritage trolley" and "vintage trolley" systems are light rail systems that use vehicles that were built before 1960, or modern replicas of such vehicles.
Existing Systems Proposed Systems
EXISTING SYSTEMS
Baltimore, MD MTA (Maryland Transit Administration)
Boston, MA MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
Buffalo, NY Metro (Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System)
Charlotte, NC CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System)
Cleveland, OH RTA (Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority)
Dallas, TX DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority)
Denver, CO RTD (Regional Transportation District)
Houston, TX Metro (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Los Angeles, CA MTA (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
Minneapolis, MN Metro Transit (MT)
Newark, NJ NJT and NJT River LINE (New Jersey Transit Corporation)
Philadelphia, PA SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)
Pittsburgh, PA PAAC (Port Authority of Allegheny County)
Portland, OR Portland Streetcar (PS)
TriMet (Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon)
Sacramento, CA SRTD (Sacramento Regional Transit District)
Saint Louis, MO Metro (Bi-State Development Agency)
Salt Lake City, UT UTA (Utah Transit Authority)
San Diego, CA SDT (San Diego Trolley)
San Francisco, CA Muni (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Municipal Railway)
San Jose, CA VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)
Tacoma, WA Sound Transit (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority)
PROPOSED SYSTEMS
Albuquerque, NM ARTP (Albuquerque Rapid Transit Project)
Atlanta, GA AICTFS (Atlanta Inner Core Transit Feasibility Study)
NWCS (Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Northwest Connectivity Study)
Austin, TX ASG (Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority All Systems Go! Project)
Bangor, ME BTTAS (Bangor to Trenton Transportation Alternatives Study)
Birmingham, AL BRTAA Birmingham Regional Transportation Alternatives Analysis)
Charleston, SC CARTA (Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority)(no info on site)
Charlotte, NC CATS (Charlotte Area Transit System)
Chicago, IL CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)(no info on site)
Cincinnati, OH SORTA (Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority)(no info on site)
Columbus, OH Fast Trax (Central Ohio Transit Authority)
Corpus Christi, TX The B (Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority, CCRTA)(no info on site)
Detroit, MI DDMA (Downtown Detroit to Metro Airport Rapid Transit Alternative Analysis Study)
El Paso, TX SMART (Sun Metro Area Rapid Transit Line)
Fort Worth, TX FWTA (Fort Worth Transportation Authority)
Grand Canyon, AZ GCT (Grand Canyon Transit)
Jacksonville, FL JTA (Jacksonville Transportation Authority Transportation Alternatives Study)
Los Angeles, CA F4ET (Friends 4 Expo Transit)
MGLCA (Metro Gold Line Construction Authority)
Louisville, KY T2 (Transportation Tomorrow)
Madison, WI T2020 (Transport 2020)
Miami, FL Trafficrelief (People's Transportation Plan)
Milwaukee, WI MCTS (Milwaukee County Transit System)(no info on site)
Minneapolis, MN Central Corridor (CC)
MNDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation Light Rail)
New York, NY Vision42
Norfolk, VA NLRP (Norfolk Light Rail Project)
Oceanside, CA NCTD (North County Transit District)
Orange, CA OCTA (Orange County Transportation Authority)
Orlando, FL CFR (Central Florida Rail)
Phoenix, AZ Valley Metro Rail (Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Project)
Raleigh, NC TTA (Triangle Transit Authority)
Richmond, VA GRTC (GRTC Transit System)
Rochester, NY RRTC (Rochester Rail Transit Committee)
San Antonio, TX VIA (VIA Metropolitan Transit)
Seattle, WA Sound Transit (Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority)
Spokane, WA SRLR (Spokane Regional Light Rail)
Tampa, FL Hartline (Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority)
Tucson, AZ TST (Tucsonans for Sensible Transportation)
Washington, DC Metro (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)
HERITAGE/VINTAGE TROLLEY SYSTEMS
Existing Systems
(* indicates transit operation; others are tourist and museum operations)
Astoria, OR ART (Astoria Riverfront Trolley)(unofficial)
ARTA (Astoria Riverfront Trolley Association)
Boston, MA MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) *
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Trolley (CT)
Dallas, TX M-Line (McKinney Avenue Transit Authority) *
Denver, CO PVT (Platte Valley Trolley)
El Reno, OK HET (Heritage Express Trolley)
Fort Collins, CO FCMR (Fort Collins Municipal Railway)
Fort Smith, AR FSS (Ft. Smith Trolley Museum, Ft. Smith Streetcar)
Galveston, TX Island Transit (IT) *
Kenosha, WI Kenosha Transit (KT) *; unofficial site
Los Angeles, CA WRC (Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line)
Lowell, MA LNHP (Lowell National Historical Park)
Memphis, TN MATA (Memphis Area Transit Authority) *
New Orleans, LA RTA (New Orleans Regional Transit Authority) *
Portland, OR TriMet (Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon)
San Francisco, CA MSR (Market Street Railway)
Muni (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Municipal Railway) *
San Jose, CA CTRC (California Trolley & Railroad Corporation)
Seattle, WA Metro (King County Department of Transportation, KCDOT) *
Tampa, FL Hartline (Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, TECO)
TECO (TECO Line Streetcar System)
Tucson, AZ OPT (Old Pueblo Trolley)
Proposed
Dayton, OH GDRTA (Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority)
Issaquah, WA IVT (Issaquah Valley Trolley)
Little Rock, AR CATA (Central Arkansas Transit Authority)
Los Angeles, CA LARC (Los Angeles Red Car)
New York, NY BHRA (Brooklyn Historic Railway Association)
VCTC (Village Crosstown Trolley Coalition)
Omaha, NE 10ST (10th Street Trolley)
Philadelphia, PA SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)(no info on site)
Rochester, NY RTRC (Rochester Trolley and Rail Corporation)
Salt Lake City, UT SHTA (Sugar House Trolley Association)
San Diego, CA NPMSS (North Park Main Street Streetcar)
GENERAL SITES
General AHTS (APTA Heritage Trolley and Streetcar Site)
LRC (Light Rail Central)
LRN (Light Rail Now!)
LRTA (Light Rail Transit Association)
LRT News (LRTN)
Light Rail Now also keeps up to date data, as well as various magazines.
OCKLAWAHA
long list. Umm, where's Jacksonville?
We are on this one LAKE, someone I know pushed this...hee hee, hey but then again maybe JTA did it!
We are under proposed systems: below Fort Worth and Grand Canyon.
OCKLAWAHA
This opened some eyes at my office and could open some eyes around the city. I am surprised by the number of people who think the only cities in the USA with Light Rail are New York and Chicago.
Jacksonville's leaders outdone again, again, and now again?!? I don't believe that. And I never will. I believe that we sometime lose faith in those leaders who really desire the thing we so long desired for downtown. They wanted the same thing we want, but sometimes they drop the ball. What can we tell them? That they are so wonderfully incompetent? That they want to make this city a place where promises are made to be broken and full of false hope? If I were to tell them that, it'll be like slapping them in the face. It would be blasphemy and a great insult. Jacksonville will get the job done...we just got to believe.
Quote from: Ocklawaha on July 29, 2008, 02:58:16 PM
We are on this one LAKE, someone I know pushed this...hee hee, hey but then again maybe JTA did it!
We are under proposed systems: below Fort Worth and Grand Canyon.
OCKLAWAHA
Someone needs to go back and revise the list of cities under proposals. A city undergoing a feasibility study for something unfunded that
may or may not be built 10-15-20 years from now, should not be in the same category as a city like Norfolk or Phoenix, where rail construction is already underway. Or even a city like Orlando, that's literally one vote away from breaking ground.