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Some may be familiar with DMUs called Alstom Coradia LINT - with LINT standing for Leichter Innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen, meaning light innovative local transport rail vehicle. Many might conclude that this kind of rolling stock offers an attractive design with extra large windows, quick...

At least to some, it might seem like progress to get more light rail into operation. As the press report below outlines, this Saturday, light rail service will extend southwards from SeaTac Airport to the Angel Lake station. Now many might be curious how voters will decide on November 8...

This may sound interesting: MBTA is considering possibly buying additional Red Line cars, to be able to only have all-new cars in the Red Line fleet. This would lead to higher capacity, faster service, more frequent service. Not to mention, it might just increase the comfort for all people...

This may sound interesting to some: West Hollywood might get its light rail way earlier than expected. Now let us see if that Measure M will be approved... Light rail extension to West Hollywood might happen much sooner than planned Construction could start as early as 2020 By Jeff Wattenhofer...

image taken from: http://ourtransitfuture.com/_deis/ Milestone report moves Durham-Orange light rail forward By Bruce Siceloff August 24, 2015 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article32261829.html The Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau sums the project up like...

source: https://www.facebook.com/TheCityofSacramento/photos/pb.273440976015340.-2207520000.1440688834./1233516620007766/?type=1&theater Transit advocates, riders celebrate opening of light rail’s south line By Tony Bizjak August 24, 2015...

After the light rail defeats in Pinellas County, FL, or in Austin, TX, and the streetcar that's already approved being killed in San Antonio, TX, Phoenix shows that it's still possible: How very un-Tampa Bay: Light rail wins (again) in Phoenix electionBy Michael Van Sickler August 26, 2015...

Sometimes I wonder what is lost through translation and cultural differences. In Germany (having no fear of "big government"), it is mandatory for all residents to register their residence with the city administration. This is also why there is no registration necessary to vote, because all...

Cool, thank you for posting that link. Seems like now the LA Times finally covered it, too (Not the part about tickets from Oceanside getting more expensive, though). As "Desert Tripper" writes in the comments of the LA Times article:

Thank you for that link, FrensicPic. It's interesting that fare increases are already coming (at least for some pairs of stations) soon on July 1st, still it seems like so far there has been no news coverage about that in the Los Angeles metro area yet. For example, Oceanside to Los Angeles...

The question, why light rail does not serve downtown Golden directly, was already dealt with in some other forum. While there were also statements regarding rail and bus in Denver metro area in general, and the difficulty to build rail when compared to roads, here are some of the answers...

The Southern California Regional Rail Authority ("Metrolink") seems to currently be conducting a new survey regarding fares: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Metrolink_Fare_Survey Unable to find any information regarding the background for it, might this be the beginning of a development like at...

Despite what may have been possible earlier (station in Woodlands), there will be no station in Woodlands anymore, because of the "utility alignment" corridor that was chosen. It is clearly visible when looking at the routes on the maps earlier in this thread. Woodlands might theoretically have...

DART's plans for downtown Dallas were also mentioned in this thread, in post #9. When following the link in that post, and looking at the map of possible future DART improvements, one sees in the downtown map how there is no rail connection to the two sites recently mentioned as a possible...

For the proposed 186+mph high-speed rail called "Zip Rail" from Rochester to Minneapolis/St. Paul, a scoping document was published a few weeks ago. The document shows different possible routes, as well as different station locations in the Twin Cities area (St. Paul Union Station, MSP airport...