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	Key System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Key System (or Key Route) was a privately owned company which provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from 1903 until 1960 when the system was sold to a newly formed public agency, AC Transit.
		The system was a consolidation of several smaller streetcar lines assembled in the late 1890s and early 1900s by Francis Marion "Borax" Smith, an entrepreneur who made a fortune in his namesake mineral, and then turned to real estate and electric traction.
		The Key System's famed commuter train system was dismantled in 1958 after many years of declining ridership as well as the effort by National City Lines, a General Motors affiliate which had bought up the system in the late 1940s to petition the public utility board to abandon the last rail lines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Key_System (2077 words)

	Challenge Paper: Rail Issues in the Western States
		The recent consolidation of the western Class 1 rail systems under two companies makes this the right time to define a vision for what the western rail system should be within the next ten years.
		Therefore, the role of the rail system in the economy must be framed not only in terms of service levels and quality but in terms of quality of life and safety.
		Rail efficiency with community livability could be enhanced by dedicating the 3.5 cent fuel tax to a trust fund for safety and community improvements.
	www.westgov.org /wga/publicat/rail-fin.htm (3264 words)

	Dane County Commuter Rail Feasibility Study --- Appendix C
		The Commuter Rail Feasibility Study moves the Dane County community closer to the point of conducting this MIS type of study that will compare alternatives and provide the type of information needed to make a decision about the types of technologies it will choose to meet the long-range transit needs of the region.
		One of the important objectives of the Commuter Rail Study is to determine if Dane County falls in the range of cost-effectiveness needed for a determination of feasibility and thus be eligible for Federal transit capital funds.
		You may want to indicate or recommend that the issue of governance for a commuter rail system be addressed in the next phase of study and how it relates to other modes of travel and land use.
	www.co.dane.wi.us /rail/crfs/final/html/appendc.htm (3249 words)

	BackPack Europe
		Unvalidated rail passes may be refunded for 85% of the original value of the pass if returned within six months of the issuing date.
		However, if a passholder cannot use the rail pass due to illness, accident or death, a partial refund may be granted at the discretion of the railway.
		When downgrading a rail pass, the passholder returns the original rail pass for an 85% refund and then purchases a new rail pass, paying for all shipping charges.
	www.railkey.com /tickets/using.asp?AFF=BPE (1471 words)

	MTC -- Planning -- Bay Bridge
		This would be a modern version of the Key System, characterized by operation from the Transbay Terminal, where space would be shared with transbay buses on the bus deck, over the Bridge to the East Bay where service would divide into three routes, providing frequent all-day service.
		Rail placed alongside either of the existing spans, outside of the envelope of the current structure is not compatible with an underground terminal.
		Moving rails to the outside of the decks would provide the needed flexibility, allowing for new tunnel bores to be constructed without impacting current traffic operations.
	www.mtc.ca.gov /planning/bay_bridge/rail_study/exec_summ.htm (2152 words)

	Rapid Rail Systems
		Rapid rail is distinguished from inter-city or commuter rail systems.
		For example, when a rail system discovers that an elevator is out of order, blocking access to one of its stations, it could accommodate users of the station by announcing the problem at other stations to alert passengers and offer accessible shuttle bus service around the temporarily inaccessible station.
		A public entity, operating a fixed route system, that makes a solicitation after August 25, 1990 to purchase or lease a new or used rapid rail vehicle for use on the system, must acquire a vehicle that is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.
	www.adaportal.org /transportation/faq/rapid-rail-systems.html (3284 words)

	Electrification key to rail system's future, Caltrain board agrees (April 07, 1999)
		On April 1, the three-county board operating the Peninsula rail service appeared ready to affirm that electrifying the 47-mile line is key to making it part of a modern rail system.
		San Mateo County is looking for funds to extend rail service across the old Dumbarton railroad bridge to the East Bay, and to make a new connection with the airport light rail system.
		Don McNamara of the California Rail Foundation, one of 10 speakers favoring electrification, told the JPB: "The biggest bang for the buck is electrification.
	www.almanacnews.com /morgue/1999/1999_04_07.train.html (690 words)

	High Speed Rail in California (Dec. 2004)
		California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) was established, charged with planning, designing, constructing and operating a high-speed train system for the state.
		Critics of high-speed rail claim that people will not ride a bullet-train because traveling by air would still be quicker, and that the billions of dollars necessary to build the system could be better spent on additional highways and airport runways.
		Bay Rail Alliance (formerly Peninsula Rail 2000) is an all volunteer transit consumer group working to realize a regional rail system that will ring the San Francisco Bay Area.
	www.igs.berkeley.edu /library/htHighSpeedRail.htm (2670 words)

	Integrating Rail-Trails into Statewide and Metropolitan Long Range Plans, National Transportation Library Accessible ...
		Unless rail corridor preservation and rail- trail conversion are institutionalized in the new transportation planning process, most of the rail corridors that will be abandoned in coming years will be lost forever for transportation purposes.
		At the rate rail corridors are now being abandoned -- 2,000 miles per year nationwide -- inadequate preparation for preservation of these corridors translates into a lost opportunity to create a vast, close- to-home, trail system serving America's urban suburban and rural communities.
		However, it is unlikely that this map has been analyzed to determine the rail system's potential for providing nonmotorized transportation in the form of trails.] Railroads are required to produce yearly System Diagram Maps that identify which lines currently are slated to be abandoned.
	www.americantrails.org /resources/railtrails/IntegrateRailTrail.html (5201 words)

	Rail Transit Initiatives Unpopular at Ballot Box - The Buckeye Institute
		Nevertheless, voters defeated proposals to fund expansions of the light-rail system in 1995, 1996, and 1998.
		During Portland’s most recent attempt to secure funding at the ballot-box for its rail system, proponents spent $1.1 million (while opponents spent $130,000), but 52 percent of Portland area voters rejected the proposal.
		Clark County defeated the rail initiative by two to one, and 53% of the voters in Oregon defeated the statewide ballot.
	www.buckeyeinstitute.org /article/500 (499 words)

	In 1912, a proud Henry Flagler rode the first train into Key West, marking the completion of the Florida East Coast ...
		Flagler realized that the key to developing Florida was a solid transportation system and consequently purchased the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax Railroad.
		In September 1895, Flagler's system was incorporated as the Florida East Coast Railway Company and by 1896, it reached Biscayne Bay, the largest and most accessible harbor on Florida's east coast.
		Key West, the United States's closest deep-water port to the Canal, could not only take advantage of Cuban and Latin America trade, but the opening of the Canal would allow significant trade possibilities with the west.
	overseasrailroad.railfan.net /dream.htm (1083 words)

	CA High-Speed Rail Authority: News Releases
		Palmdale - As a bond measure to begin a proposed high speed rail system appears headed for a two-year delay, state Sen. George Runner, R-Lancaster, is joining an effort to create a joint legislative committee to shepherd a bond vote through in 2008....
		From commuter trains between cities, to bus systems, to overhauling the T (Boston’s beloved subway/light rail), Dukakis helped form the public transportation system that he now says is the best in the country.
		This is the future of a California connected by a high-speed rail system, part of an innovative proposal that would place California at the vanguard of finding a solution to the nation's growing transportation and energy crunch...
	www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov /news/default.asp (1235 words)

	Key System
		In 1946, the Key System was purchased by National City Lines, a holding company of American City Lines which was purchasing transit systems around the U.S.; the stock of this company, as mentioned earlier, was held in part by automobile-building, gas, and tire interests.
		The Key System, the last interurban railway in Northern California, thus became probably the first electric railway to be reborn from the bones of its old skeleton.
		The pride of Smith's Key System was the enormous ornate Key Route Inn on Broadway at 22nd Street, which the B line to Piedmont passed right through.
	www.well.com /~mareev/publications/Key_System.html (4819 words)

	Light Rail’s Impact on Traffic a Scandal Worth Investigating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Urban Rail Likely to Fail in North Carolina (6/22) As several North Carolina cities consider urban rail projects, this new Reason study finds the areas, like many across the country, are all ill-suited for rail and would be better off adding additional lane capacity to roads and pursuing mass transit options like bus rapid transit.
		As several North Carolina cities consider urban rail projects, this new Reason study finds the areas, like many across the country, are all ill-suited for rail and would be better off adding additional lane capacity to roads and pursuing mass transit options like bus rapid transit.
		And the transportation system is suffering badly due to the opening of the Hiawatha light rail line.
	www.rppi.org /lightrailscandal.shtml (1693 words)

	Metro - Metrorail accessibility
		Bumpy domes along the platform at all key stations alert customers that the edge is near, and flashing lights indicate arriving trains.
		Between rail cars, barriers alert customers who are blind or have low vision of the space between the rail cars so they do not mistake this space for the door to the inside of the rail car.
		Inside the rail stations, directional signage to the elevator is located on wall- mounted station signs and on information pylons on all platforms.
	www.wmata.com /accessibility/metrorail.cfm (407 words)

	Virginia Business Magazine: Higher-speed rail gaining steam
		With Virginians facing longer delays on congested roads — 157 million hours stuck in traffic in 2003 according to one report — the political pressure is on to improve the state’s rail system.
		This year may be the time when rail moves to center stage because of a confluence of circumstances including natural disasters, the Iraq war, fuel costs, and concerns over economic development and land-use planning.
		The States for Passenger Rail coalition, which represents 25 states "is getting audiences" with key leaders in Washington, she adds.
	www.virginiabusiness.com /magazine/yr2006/feb06/trans_rail.shtml (1331 words)

	Washington State Rail Capacity & System Needs Study - Washington State Transportation Commission
		The WSTC convened four Regional Listening Sessions to gather your input to the Rail Study.
		This provides a general overview of the Commissions Rail Study along with a list of planned stakeholder outreach opportunities, and the schedule for the year-long study.
		To ensure the Commission is able to focus and remain fully engaged throughout the course of this effort, the Commission appointed four of its members to serve on a team that is responsible for overseeing the detailed implementation of this study.
	www.wstc.wa.gov /Rail/default.htm (707 words)

	Rail transportation in Wisconsin - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
		Rail transportation in Wisconsin - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
		In addition to supporting passenger and freight rail activities in the state, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation works to improve safety at over 4,400 public highway-rail grade crossings throughout the state.
		Programs for Local Government (includes programs that can assist railroads, other businesses and groups): freight rail infrastructure improvement program, freight rail preservation program and railroad crossing improvements.
	www.dot.state.wi.us /modes/rail.htm (176 words)

	USATODAY.com - Houston's crash course in light rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The term "light rail" is generally used to describe passenger rail cars that are driven electrically and are not separated from other traffic for much of their route.
		Transit, or more specifically light rail, is seen as a way to spur a reconfiguration of the city to create a densely populated urban core, where a car is an amenity, not a necessity.
		Most of the crashes in Dallas have come on a 3.1-mile stretch of the DART rail line where the crossings are all at street level, Lyons says.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-03-07-houston-rail_x.htm (821 words)

	Waste-By-Rail: A System That's Been Working On American Railroads
		At a distance of 100 miles, a disciplined operation with a steady stream of waste is competitive with trucks, according to rail executives.
		The lifeblood of a rail project is a big, steady supply of waste, according to Fitzgerald.
		Although Conrail is the dominant rail carrier in the Northeast, the company cannot compete with the less-than-scrupulous truckers who frequent markets in New York and other cities in the region.
	wasteage.com /mag/waste_wastebyrail_system_thats/index.html (2035 words)

	HCRQ, Inc. - Rail System Safety, Rail System Security
		Tilting the body of a rail passenger car during curve negotiation offers the possibility of increasing the speed of a trainset in a curve without exceeding the maximum allowed steady state lateral acceleration felt by the passengers.
		The development of a System Security Program Plan and its implementation, in the form of a System Security Program, ensures that security is built into the rail system concurrent with system development.
		Similar to the approach used for system safety where a Preliminary Hazard Analysis is used to analyze system hazards, a Threat and Vulnerability Analysis is used to analyze security hazards.
	www.hcrq.com /Rail.html (3119 words)

	DART.org - DART 2030 Transit System Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The blueprint for the next generation of bus, rail and high occupancy vehicle services in North Texas has been unanimously approved by the DART Board of Directors with the passage of the 2030 Transit System Plan.
		DART's current long-range Transit System Plan, adopted in 1995, includes the ongoing doubling of the DART Rail System to serve Pleasant Grove, Fair Park, Northwest Dallas, Love Field, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Irving and DFW International Airport.
		The 2030 DART Transit System Plan approved by the board identifies, schedules and budgets system improvement projects that will more precisely respond to changing regional land use and development patterns.
	www.dart.org /transitsystemplan2030.asp (699 words)

	Existing web of rail lines key to crafting better transit system
		For all of its merits, the MARTA rail system is still woefully inadequate.
		The system that stretches north-south, east-west is a far cry from the ideal hub-and-spoke system that has a multitude of connections, permitting people to get easily from one place to another.
		Historically, these rail lines were developed after the Civil War to serve a growing commercial town with burgeoning industries, Gravel said.
	jolomo.net /atlanta/rail.loop.2002.04.01.html (915 words)

	Norman Y. Mineta: Remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Outlining the Bush Administration’s Proposal for Amtrak, ...
		That transaction was urgently required to meet Amtrak’s payroll, a precondition for survival to the end of the fiscal year.
		We believe a gradual separation of train operations from infrastructure ownership would shed better light on the true economics of passenger rail and help the public sector make better educated decisions about the future of intercity passenger rail.
		The next authorization for intercity passenger rail -- and plans for high-speed rail expansion -- must balance equitably the interests of passenger and freight rail operators.
	railfanning.org /library/speeches/20020620_Mineta.htm (1500 words)

	Light Rail Now - Amtrak, Railroad Passenger, and Intercity Public Transport
		The Eurostar highspeed rail system that links London with Brussels, Paris, and other cities in France saw its daily ridership surge as people left stranded by the airport security alert flocked to rail as an alternative to the stricken air system.
		A recent study by the European Rail Research Advisory Council reports that France's TGV highspeed rail network has succeeded in diverting major proportions of air travel to intercity rail – an achievement that may help effect reductions in air transport necessary for reducing the seriously escalating levels of greenhouse gas emissions produced by aircraft.
		Dan, one of the most knowledgeable, influential, and energetic rail advocates in the USA, was a giant in terms of his influence within the industry and the ongoing campaign to sustain and improve rail passenger service.
	www.lightrailnow.org /facts/fa_intercity.htm (941 words)

	Marina Systems at ShoreMaster - World Class Rail Systems
		Our world-class rail system, also known as the single-plane system, is manufactured with an outer frame composed entirely of aluminum tubing or rails.
		The world-class system can be constructed with sidewalls of a variety of sizes depending on your site conditions.
		And all of the aluminum structures on our marina systems feature polyethylene floats and are available either with aluminum, vinyl or wood decks.
	www.shoremaster.com /marina/alum/rail.html (283 words)

	Composition and Key Benefits
		IMMOTUS R+ resilient metal rails are formed of high quality 0.5mm cold-rolled galvanised steel.
		The profile of the rail is designed to give an optimum balance of acoustic and structural performance.
		Rails are available in packs of 10 x 3.0 meter lengths.
	www.dow.com /immotus/system/comp_key.htm (156 words)

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