Rapid Transit, Light Rail & Monorail: United States (USA)

 UNITED STATES: POLICY

SEATTLE: THE CAMPAIGN FOR A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE

Where Rail Transit Works and Why (20031220)
Transit Oriented Development: St. Louis Eastside Line (20041214)

Emory Bundy on "He Said She Said" Reporting (20010831)
Were Tammany's Critics Anti-New York? The New APTA-Weyrich-Lind Paper (20010806)
Commuter Rail Not Cost Effective: Atlanta Journal Op-ed (20010717)
Commuter Rail Not Cost Effective: Wendell Cox Atlanta Journal Op-ed (20010620)
Light Rail: The Answer to No Problem (010518)

Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: The Campaign for Sensible Tranasportation
US Weekday Urban Roadway and Rail Usage (001107)
US Urban Rail & Freeway Daily Volumes Compared, By Randal O'Toole (001024)
Sic Transit Light Rail The Weekly Standard Column by Wendell Cox (000720)
Light Rail: Wrong Exit for Congestion: Wendell Cox Scripps Howard Op-ed (000803)

Competition, Not Monopolies Can Improve Public Transit (000802)
Comparison of Urban Public Transport & Urban Freeway Full Costs (000604)
Large Infrastructure Project Forecasts: Major Inaccuracies
Comparing Roads to Rail, by Jack Mallinckrodt (000528)
Service Area Coverage Ratios: New US Urban Rail Systems (000717)

Letter to US Vice-President Gore on Erroneous Portland Speech Details (981002)
San Antonio Transit Tax Loss: Worst Ever? (000513)
Court Requires San Antonio Transit Agency to Tell Both Sides on Light Rail (000416)
US Light Rail Costs Rising 20% Annually (000406)
US Light Rail Costs Approach $70 Million per Mile (000406)

Why Light Rail Doesn't Work (000317)
Light Rail and Traffic Congestion (000317)
Texas Senate Testimony: Metropolitan Transit Authorities (000317)
US Urban Rail Speed by System: 1997
Orange County Rail Debate: SLIDE SHOW

Sioux City: Light Rail Absurdity
Orange County Grand Jury Blasts Light Rail
Reprint: Orange County Grand Jury Light Rail Report
New US Rail Cost per New Commuter and Lowest Quintle Household Income
New US Rail Cost per New Commuter Ranked by Lowest Quintile Household Income Equivalent

New Car Cost Compared to Annual US Rail Cost per New Passenger
US Rail Cost per New Passenger Ranked & Compared to Auto Ownership Costs
US New Public Transport Projects: Cost per New Commuter
America's Costly and Ineffective Experiment with New Commuter Rail
Why New US Urban Rail Systems Attract So Few Automobile Drivers

Peak Light Rail Volumes Less than Freeway Lane: Portland & St. Louis
Urban Rail Not Justified (Invited Engineering News Record Column)
Former New York & Toronto Transit Chief Criticizes Worship of Urban Rail
US Public Transport Fixed Guideways (Urban Rail and Busway) Length and Speed
New US Commuter Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes

New US Light Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
New US Metro (Heavy Rail) Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
Highway Use Continues to Escalate in New Urbanist Portland
"New Urban Rail Not Justified," Engineering News Record Invited Opinion Column
Light Rail in Milwaukee Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (1998)

Light Rail in Minneapolis: A Bridge to Nowhere
Light Rail for Eskimos (Reprinted from Toll Roads Newsletter)
US Urban Rail: Miniscule Impact on Traffic Congestion
Letter to The Oregonian on Unrelated Subjects of Light Rail and Traffic Congestion
Urban Rail in America: Exorbitant Costs & Negligible Benefits

Los Angeles Places "Indefinite Hold" on Rail Construction
TIFIA: Federal Transport Loan Guarantees: The Next S&L Style Bailout?
Large Infrastructure Project Forecasts: Major Inaccuracies
Light Rail in Milwaukee: Much Ado About Nothing (1996)
St. Louis Light Rail Tax: Where Did All the Money Go?

 UNITED STATES: RIDERSHIP

Los Angeles Red Line Subway: Impact on Freeway Traffic (20020621)

Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line Falls Short of Customer Projections (010512)
Las Vegas Monorail: Financial Failure Seems Likely: 2nd Edition (000604)
New US Rail Ridership by Downtown Oriented Corridor
New US Urban Rail System Performance
St. Louis Public Transport Trend in Passenger Miles: 1990-95
      Analysis to Factor Out Double Counting from Implementation of Light Rail

 UNITED STATES: COSTS

SEATTLE: THE CAMPAIGN FOR A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE

Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line Cost Escalation History (010512)
Light Rail Jaguar Slide Updated (20010806)

Comparison of Urban Public Transport & Urban Freeway Full Costs (000604)
Lexus Line: The Minneapolis Hiawatha Light Rail Line (000323)
Famous Jaguar Cost Slide: Less Costly per New Commuter than Light Rail (000322)
US Light Rail Costs Escalating Significantly (000317)
US Light Rail Costs Near $70 Million per Mile (000317)

US Cost per Passenger Mile by Public Transport System and Mode: 1997
US New Rail Systems Operating & Capital Cost per Passenger Mile
US Intermodal Cost per Passenger Mile 1996
US Intermodal Cost per Passenger Mile Rankings: 1996
New US Urban Rail System Performance
Urban Rapid Transport & Light Rail Costs & Speed

 UNITED STATES: MARKET SHARE

Washington (DC) Work Trip Market Share Before & After Metrorail
Commuter Rail Market Shares: CBD & Outside: Boston, Chicago, New York & Philadelphia: 1990
Transit Work Trip Market Share Trends Downward in All US New Rail Cities
Work Trip Market Share: 1980-1990 with Rail Notes

 UNITED STATES: TRAFFIC IMPACT

SEATTLE: THE CAMPAIGN FOR A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE

Comparing Roads to Rail, by Jack Mallinckrodt (000528)
Portland LRT & Non-LRT Corridors: Freeway Traffic Trends 1985-1996
Freeway/Motorway Traffic Growth: St. Louis Rail Corridors

 UNITED STATES: SYSTEM RANKINGS

US Commuter Rail Rankings 1996
US Metro (Heavry Rail) Rankings: 1996
US Light Rail Rankings: 1996

 UNITED STATES: RAIL AND TRANSIT FUNDING REFERENDA

US Rail Referendum Results
Summary of US Rail Referendum Results
Court Requires San Antonio Transit Agency to Tell Both Sides on Light Rail (000416)

 COMPARISONS

US New Light Rail & Freeway Person Miles per Route Mile: 1999 (010303)

Road & Rail Length (Distance): US Urbanized Areas (010216)
US Weekday Urban Roadway and Rail Usage (001107)
Comparing Roads to Rail, by Jack Mallinckrodt (000528)
Portland LRT & Non-LRT Corridors: Freeway Traffic Trends 1985-1996
Freeway/Motorway Traffic Growth: St. Louis Rail Corridors

Washington (DC) Work Trip Market Share Before & After Metrorail
Comparison of Urban Public Transport & Urban Freeway Full Costs (000604)
New Car Cost Compared to Annual US Rail Cost per New Passenger
US Rail Cost per New Passenger Ranked & Compared to Auto Ownership Costs
Highway Use Continues to Escalate in New Urbanist Portland

US New Public Transport Projects: Cost per New Commuter
America's Costly and Ineffective Experiment with New Commuter Rail
New US Commuter Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
New US Light Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes
New US Metro (Heavy Rail) Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes

 UNITED STATES: NEWS

Bus Rapid Transit Less Expensive & Faster than Light Rail: USGAO (200101003)
Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line Falls Short of Customer Projections (010512)
Alternatives to Light Rail in Seattle: The Campaign for Sensible Tranasportation
San Antonio Transit Tax Loss: Worst Ever? (000513)

Court Requires San Antonio Transit Agency to Tell Both Sides on Light Rail (000416)
Rail Referendum Loses 2-1 in Miami (7/99)
Light Rail Referendum Loses in Portland
Light Rail Tax Defeated in Denver
Light Rail Tax Defeated in St. Louis

Light Rail Tax Defeated in St. Louis Suburb Madison County
Light Rail Taxes Defeated in St. Louis Suburb St. Charles County
Light Rail Tax Defeated in Phoenix
Denver Limits Rail Election Political Contributions
St. Louis Voters Reject Light Rail Expansion
Downtown St. Louis Called "Fading Fast"

 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line Falls Short of Customer Projections (010512)
Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line Cost Escalation History (010512)

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