Putting up a bridge, for instance, or a rail transit system -- in the old days these projects would all end up in court.
David Gibson, who drew up the plans and is also the regional officer for the Light Rail Transit Association, said this, when added to plans for another 19, 000 homes in the area, meant action was vital.
Should visitors want to stop by the Richmond Oval, located 14 km outside Vancouver, they can take advantage of the newly expanded, Olympics-inspired Canada Line light-rail transit route, which connects Richmond to downtown Vancouver and the airport.
Legislators like Christine Loh say there is a far better transport solution: mass-transit rail.
Power lines and trees fell on transit rail routes across the state and the storm surge damaged bridges.
Bus service could be restored sooner than rail, an NJ Transit spokesman said, since bus facilities only suffered minor damage.
More closely watched as the storm approached were the region's commuter rail lines, including Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road and NJ Transit.
The statement claims that, since 2010, Tashkent has systematically blocked the transit of rail freight into Tajikistan - vital for bringing fuel and food into the landlocked country.
States will have the ability to use their unspent earmarked highway funds, some of which are nearly 10 years old, on any eligible highway transit passenger rail or port project.
That change in perception is providing more momentum for some cities that were already moving away from six-lane highways and suburbs dozens of miles apart, to a series of urban centers connected by light rail and other mass transit systems.
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Rogoff has had an instrumental role in advising policy makers on the operating and capital needs of Amtrak, including the initiation and financing of high speed Acela service, as well as the financing of dozens of new light rail and bus rapid transit systems across the United States.
Charging motorists for scarce road space, with most of the revenues being used to finance improvements in bus, rail or urban mass-transit systems, is the only sensible route to restraint.
We talked about mass transit and the excellent rail lines that are being developed in Shanghai.
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It will ease access to bare, gritty platforms for Amtrak, NJ Transit and Long Island Rail Road.
Public transit, including commuter rail, buses and subways, were halted, and Amtrak closed service to and from the city.
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Elsewhere, waters rushed into two of the four tunnels used by the Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and NJ Transit under the East River between Manhattan and Queens.
None of NJ Transit's 11 commuter rail lines were spared, Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday.
Nottinghamshire Police, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and Nottingham Express Transit, are all investigating the accident.
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The government plans to tackle congestion in cities by a big expansion in light rail, trams and other rapid-transit systems.
For now, New Jersey Transit, the Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak have hired a design firm to bring some light and fresher air into Penn Station.
Road funding has also been whittled away by other federal transportation projects like truck safety, transit grants and even high speed rail.
Because of this investment, nearly 400, 000 men and women will go to work rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, repairing our faulty dams and levees, bringing critical broadband connections to businesses and homes in nearly every community in America, upgrading mass transit and building high-speed rail lines that will improve travel and commerce throughout the nation.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said it would restore limited rail service.
Both Network Rail and Tramlink Nottingham, which runs Nottingham Express Transit (NET), said they were working with police to help with the investigation.
And we want to continue putting the men and women who have served this nation to work in our rail yards, in our skies, and throughout our transit systems.
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Now Uzbekistan's airport in Navoi, as well as rail and road links, are to be used for the transit of what America says are non-lethal goods.
The city has launched a regulated bus rapid-transit system and has begun work to develop a reliable and affordable urban rail system as part of efforts to sort out its legendary snail-paced traffic.
The MTA operates New York City's subway and bus system as well as an extensive regional transit network stretching into the suburbs, including the Metro-North and Long Island Rail Roads and the Staten Island Railway.
The new terminal will create a centralized transit hub to link currently disconnected transportation networks in downtown Atlanta, including high-speed rail, commuter rail, streetcar, Greyhound, MARTA, pedestrians, cyclists and more.
New Jersey Transit is no more consistent than the MTA, forbidding alcohol on its Hudson-Bergen light-rail line while allowing it on other services.
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