light rail
Lightrail folly exposed - isn't high capacity even for Big Events, nor at transit oriented developments
By Peter Samuel on May 10, 2011
Think of the ideal circumstances where lightrail might be competitive with a car: (1) a Big Event with large masses of people at one destination (2) expensive or scarce parking at the Big Event (3) blank slate developments planned in detail as transit oriented.
Light rail is so dumb, hogging the center
By Peter Samuel on January 15, 2009If roads were striped for the through traffic to go down the center of the road with left turns from the lane to the immediate right of the through traffic lane you would say this was inviting crashes. When you are turning left you expect someone going straight through to be on your right, not coming up on your left. Yet that's exactly what street-running light rail cars and trolleys do.
They hog the center and cut across left turners.
Seattle paper for pricing
By Peter Samuel on December 18, 2000Seattle paper for pricing
Originally published in issue 52 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Nov 2000.
Page:27
Subjects:newspaper editorial on light rail
Agencies:Seattle Times
Locations:Washington state WA
Rail rort
By Peter Samuel on May 30, 2000Rail rort
Originally published in issue 49 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in May 2000.
Page:16
Subjects:light rail LRT LR railphilia
Facilities:Hudson Bergen Light Rail HBLR
Agencies:New Jersey transit
Locations:NJ
HOT LANES:CA-57 HOT Lanes Off
By Peter Samuel on March 2, 2000HOT LANES:CA-57 HOT Lanes Off
Originally published in issue 47 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 2000.
Page:1
Subjects:HOT new start LR light rail
Facilities:CA-57 CA-57/S South
Agencies:OCTA PTG ATD
Locations:Orange County CA
Sources:Farris Holland
NEARLY HAD Light Rail for Eskimoes
By Peter Samuel on December 28, 1998NEARLY HAD Light Rail for Eskimoes
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:16
Subjects:light rail
Facilities:Sioux City IO
Agencies:FTA
Locations:Alaska
Sources:Cox
NEARLY HAD
Light Rail for Eskimoes
TRB FANTASIES:Light Rail Costs vs Road
By Peter Samuel on December 27, 1998TRB FANTASIES:Light Rail Costs vs Road
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:15
Subjects:light rail costs versus road
Agencies:TRB
Locations:CA
Sources:Larwin Cox
LIONEL COMPLEX:A Rail Tale in Orange Co
By Peter Samuel on December 24, 1998LIONEL COMPLEX:A Rail Tale in Orange Co
Originally published in issue 34 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Dec 1998.
Page:13
Subjects:MIS perversion highway exclusion
Facilities:light rail
Agencies:OCTA
Locations:Orange Co CA
Sources:Mallinckrodt
TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE:Light rail nuts after NY toll bridge
By Peter Samuel on August 29, 1998TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE:Light rail nuts after NY toll bridge
Originally published in issue 30 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Aug 1998.
Page:16
Subjects:light rail
Facilities:Tappan Zee I-287 Cross Westchester Expwy
Agencies:NYSTA
Locations:NY
David Reinhard quote
By Peter Samuel on July 28, 1998David Reinhard quote
Originally published in issue 29 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jul 1998.
Page:15
Subjects:light rail
Facilities:MAX Portland
Agencies:Tri-Met
Locations:Portland OR
Sources:Richmond
