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	Light rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Light rail is the successor term to streetcars, trolleys and trams in many locales, although the term is most consistently applied to modern or modernised tram or trolley operations employing features more usually associated with metro or subway operations, including exclusive rights-of-way, multiple unit train configuration and signal control of operations.
		Light rail traces its pedigree to street railways, whereas rapid transit (metro) technology evolved from steam commuter operations, such as were seen in London, New York City, and Chicago.
		Light rail is generally powered by electricity, usually by means of overhead wires, but sometimes by a live rail, also called third rail (a high voltage bar alongside the track), requiring safety measures and warnings to the public not to touch it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Light_rail

	AsianWeek.com: Bay News: Third Street Light Rail Funding Gets Approval
		This year’s state budget, approved June 30, included $140 million transportation venture that will fund the San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail extention to Chinatown.
		“The Third Street Corridor is presently a very transit dependent strip in San Francisco,” Migden said.
		The transportation line with underground subway stations at Moscone Convention Center, Market Street, Union Square and Chinatown will connect high-density residential neighborhoods with compact retail cores in the Bayview Hunter’s Point district and employment and retail land uses in downtown San Francisco and Chinatown.
	www.asianweek.com /2000_07_13/bay3_thirdstreetrail.html

	Market Street Railway Market Street Railway's Vision For the E-line
		Thanks to advocacy years ago by Market Street Railway, Delancey Street Foundation, and others, the E-line connector track is already in place between the Muni Metro light rail line on the southern Embarcadero and the F-line tracks from the Ferry Building north.
		The new Third Street light rail platforms in Mission Bay have a low-level area suitable for front-door loading of historic E-line cars, and can easily be extended to full-car length.
		Market Street Railway’s vision for the E-line reinforces this legacy by proposing to primarily operate the line—at least during visitor season—with the most venerable streetcars in Muni’s historic fleet, which hail from such great port cities as Hamburg, New Orleans, Porto (Portugal), Melbourne, Osaka and Kobe/Hiroshima, and maritime nations such as Italy, England, and Russia.
	www.streetcar.org /tomorrow/vision

	Third Street Light Rail Project Phase 1
		Street light rail project serves a very dense regional CBD (over 220,000 jobs in a 1.25 square mile area) as well as medium- to high-density (14 to 29 units per acre) urban residential neighborhoods with integrated commercial uses.
		Concurrently with the light rail planning process, the SFRA is working with residents to produce a Revitalization Concept Plan to serve as the framework for the physical and economic redevelopment of the community.
		The proposed project would operate on the surface from the Caltrain Bayshore Station at the San Francisco County line to the south, connect to the existing LRT system in downtown San Francisco via Third Street, and extend into a subway terminating in Chinatown.
	www.fta.dot.gov /library/policy/ns/ns2000/sanfthir.htm

	San Francisco Independent: E-mail story
		The Third Street light-rail project may eventually bring more customers to Bayview, but for now, retailers say it is only delivering bad news for businesses in the area.
		Currently, work is underway on Third Street south of 23rd Street and through the Bayview area, where most of the street's traffic has been squeezed into two lanes and many of the parking spaces have been eliminated by construction.
		When completed, the line will connect Visitacion Valley and Chinatown with a light-rail train that runs from The City's southeast sector through South of Market and downtown.
	www.sfindependent.com /resources/emailstory?storyname=110504n_rail

	Civi 201 spring 2001: assignments: light rail project: FAQs
		The first allows passengers an easy connection but requires additional land (it can¹t be done in the middle of a street.) The second involves a slightly longer walk for transferring passengers but can be done in streets.
		Instead, light rail must cross over the railroad line with a segment of elevated track or under it with depressed track or tunnel.
		The HOV lanes were designed to allow conversion to rail transit; a double-track light rail line would fit the same space as a sone-way HOV lane.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~civi201/current/faq.htm

	Keeping Downtown Seattle Moving
		Sound Transit is building a short "stub" tunnel under Pine Street near the Paramount Theater to allow light rail trains running in the downtown tunnel to stop and reverse direction.
		To minimize the effect of the additional buses on the streets, Sound Transit, the City of Seattle, Community Transit and King County Metro are working together on $16 million in projects to permanently improve the way traffic moves through downtown and improve sidewalks to keep downtown moving during and after closure of the DSTT.
		Preparing downtown for light rail will pose some construction inconveniences, but most of the light rail construction will take place underground in the tunnel, out of sight.
	www.soundtransit.org /projects/svc/link/downtown.asp

	sfac: September 08 Special Meeting
		Project Manager Tonia Macneil reported on the progress of the artists’ design for the Ocean View Recreation Center. She stated that she was scheduled to meet soon with the City's design team and with a key community group, and that she expected these meetings to be crucial to the success of the project. Ms.
		Project Manager Susan Pontious reported that selection panel will soon be meeting to select the artist for the SoMa Park project. She added that because the artists are from the pre-qualified pool of artists who are already approved by the Commissioners, she asked to remove the motion to approve the finalist artists.
		She also presented a mock-up of a letter that is one of the stainless steel paving insets which will form the letters of “Long Bridge,” to be installed on the six Mission Rock, UCSF and Mariposa platforms, with scoring resembling wood planks like the planks used on the original Long Bridge.
	www.ci.sf.ca.us /site/sfac_page.asp?id=19441

	San Francisco CITYSCAPE :: the online journal of bay area urban design [ Transit: Third Street Light Rail/Central Subway ]
		The massive Mission Bay project will be built around the Third Street Line over a generation or so; the Dogpatch neighborhood along the Central Waterfront, just south, is targeted for growth.
		Conversely, the Third Street project is a model of contemporary planning: It should mold future development into transit- (and pedestrian-) friendly patterns.
		Here, all the agendas of the Third Street line will come together: When a big-box retail outlet was proposed for a site across the street, neighborhood activists successfully fought it, despite the jobs it would've provided.
	www.sfcityscape.com /transit/third_street.html

	EPA: Federal Register: Environmental Impact Statement on the Third Street Light Rail Project in San Francisco, CA
		The project is to construct an electrified light rail line on the surface and in subway along the Third Street corridor in San Francisco as an alternative to the MUNI 15 and 9X diesel bus lines that currently serve the area.
		The Third Street Light Rail Project would extend from a southern terminus connecting with the Bayshore CalTrain Station, travel along Bayshore Boulevard, cross Highway 101 to operate in a dedicated median right-of-way on Third Street through the Bayview commercial core, then past the Central Waterfront and Potrero Hill to King Street.
		Along Third Street, the alignment would remain in the median as it traverses the Bayview commercial core, over Islais Creek, and through the Central Waterfront area to 16th Street.
	www.epa.gov /docs/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1996/October/Day-25/pr-17090.html

	North American Light Rail Projects
		Light rail uses an existing Canadian Pacific rail line that runs from Greenboro Transitway Station in the south to LeBreton Flats in the north where a new Transitway Station "Bayview" will be constructed.
		Even in light of the failure of the funding vote, Capitol Metro officials appear to be optimistic of the possibility of an LRT system in San Antonio's future.
		DBOM project by The Southern New Jersey Light Rail Group, a consortium led by Bechtel Corp. of California and Adtranz, a German transportation company.
	www.lightrail.com /projects.htm

	Third Street Light Rail Project EIS/EIR
		With the provision of light rail, parking would be displaced in the Corridor adjacent to light rail station platforms, in the transition areas before and after the platforms, and where additional room is needed to accommodate left-turn lanes.
		As a result of the projected population and employment growth in the Corridor, traffic congestion on major highways and arterials, particularly Highway 101 and Third Street, is expected to increase substantially.
		In addition, the Project is also intended to serve as a key infrastructure improvement to help support the economic and physical revitalization of the Bayview Hunters Point commercial core along Third Street and the planned development in Mission Bay.
	www.sonic.net /~mly/Muni/Third-Street-EIR-Executive-Summary.html

	SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
		New residential would be encouraged in appropriate locations along Third Street to take advantage of the transit-oriented development opportunities presented by the new Third Street light rail line and to bolster existing residential uses in and adjacent to the area.
		Key to the success of economic revitalization in BVHP is the Third Street light rail project, which will create numerous opportunities for mixed use and other appropriate transit-oriented development.
		Transit hubs along Third Street bringing people to the Southeast Health Center and Aging Campus with larger-scale mixed-use commercial businesses located along the corridor.
	www.franciscodacosta.com /articles/memo.html

	Sewer main collapse destroys Muwekma Ohlone Park, Islais Creek near Hunter 's Poi : SF Indymedia
		San Francisco Muni Light Rail construction breaks a sewage main which normally delivers eighty million gallon per day of secondary effluent to the Bay.
		Threatening to cut through Illinois Street alongside the residents and the sanctuary, it will destroy the loading docks, the outrigger canoe club, the shoreline and intertidal habitat.
		A disasterous mess results: The park floods, a sinkhole appears and gobbles trees and backhoes, sewage pours into the channel, the community is devastated, and some serious questions are exposed regarding development in the Southeast quadrant of our city.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2001/11/110258.php

	SF Muni: Third Street Light Rail: Overview
		A new Metro East Operating and Maintenance Facility will be built on approximately 13-17 acres at 25th and Illinois Streets to store, maintain and dispatch light rail vehicles.
		Now, decades later, Muni, the City of San Francisco, and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have launched the Third Street Light Rail Project to reestablish rail service along this corridor.
		This phase of the light rail project is expected to open for service in 2005.
	www.sfmuni.com /aboutmun/3rdover.htm

	San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
		“Since a lot of the street work on light rail is already done, Muni should hold up the letter to proceed on the maintenance facility until the community is completely satisfied with its role, including a comprehensive on-the-job training component and the use of Black contractors and workers to the greatest possible extent.
		She took a special interest in me, and I have been working as a receptionist in the Muni Third Street Light Rail Construction Management office ever since.
		I was contacted by JayVon, an Allen Group employee, after I spoke to commissioners at a MTA meeting about jobs on the Third Street light rail.
	www.sfbayview.com /112603/ourvoices112603.shtml

	SOUTH JERSEY LIGHT RAIL PROJECT
		The South Jersey Light Rail Project will eventually pass through 17 towns in Camden, Burlington and Mercer Counties, and will include the construction of 19 stations.
		New Jersey Transit Corp., in coordination with Bechtel Corp. and Conti Enterprises, recently broke ground on the ambitious and controversial $600 million South Jersey Light Rail Project which will provide public transportation service between the cities of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey.
		The proposed rail route calls for twin tracks to be laid within 15 feet of these structures, and Protec was contracted to provide detailed pre-inspections of all residential and commercial buildings located adjacent to the work zone.
	www.protecservices.com /literail.html

	news901.html
		Construction of the Third Street Light Rail Project was divided into geographical areas along the Third Street and Bayshore corridor.
		New meeting dates have been scheduled for the Third Street Light Rail Project to update construction sequencing and related traffic and parking impacts of the project.
		For Segment E (Third and Donner to Bayshore and Hester), two meetings are also scheduled for Sept. 27 and Oct. 23 at the Southeast Community Center's Community Room at 1800 Oakdale Ave.
	home.earthlink.net /~visvalley/news901.html

	AsianWeek.com: Bay News: Light-Rail Viewed as Vital for Visitacion Valley
		Though the completed Third Street line would connect Chinatown and Visitacion Valley, interest in the project extends beyond the city’s APA community, said Julie Viera, a volunteer aide in the office of Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, whose district includes the Visitacion Valley, Bayview and Hunter’s Point neighborhoods.
		When completed, the Third Street line will carry an estimated 92,000 daily passengers and “will ease traffic congestion downtown … and support economic development and revitalization in communities along the corridor,” according to the Muni News.
		Streetcars are slated to carry their first passengers in 2005.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_03_08/bay_muni.html

	San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
		It was one of the themes we rallied around when hundreds of thousands filled the streets downtown demanding peace with justice at home and abroad and when our young people took over Third Street last summer, furious at Muni for locking them out of the good jobs on the light rail project.
		Last week, I called Muni, as I have periodically for the past two and a half years, to try to arrange a meeting with Black business and economic justice advocates to discuss an on-the-job training program for construction of the $125 million Third Street light rail maintenance facility.
		Third Street got the oldest, dirtiest, most polluting buses running the most irregular schedules.
	www.sfbayview.com /031004/munideclares031004.shtml

	3rd Street's light rail presents opportunities - 2005-01-31
		When trains begin barrelling down Third Street's $500 million light rail system later this year, many developers do not expect to be coming along for the ride.
		But Third Street looks like hell on rails for many builders, who can't step off a caboose without running in to red tape.
		Before Green left, the department did produce a draft report proposing new regulations on the Central Waterfront neighborhood, which covers Third Street immediately south of Mission Bay, from Mariposa Street through Islais Creek.
	www.bizjournals.com /sanfrancisco/stories/2005/01/31/focus2.html

	Market Street Railway E-line Vision Gains Support
		New loft homes are already rising next to Market Street Railway's proposed loop at 18th and Third Streets, now being built as part of the Third Street Light Rail Project.
		The UCSF Mission Bay campus is rapidly rising next to the Third Street Light Rail tracks, which could also carry the E-line through Mission Bay.
		But it now appears possible that the first phase could include operation through Mission Bay on the Third Street light rail tracks.
	www.streetcar.org /tomorrow/support

	Rail/Transit noise and vibration control consulting services
		San Francisco Muni, PCC car from Market Street test.
		Noise and vibration are often key environmental concerns associated with urban rail transit systems that serve densely populated areas.
		HMMH assists transit authorities in the design of new systems to minimize problems and in the assessment and mitigation of noise and vibration impacts arising from operations of trains in revenue service and in yards.
	www.hmmh.com /rail_urban.html

	tranapp01.htm
		San Francisco Third Street light rail project (House-Senate: eligible for funding for alternative analysis and preliminary engineering): The committee provided no funds but specifically recommended that the FTA work with project sponsors in developing support materials for phase II of the project.
		San Jose Tasman West light rail project (House-Senate: eligible to receive funding for final design): $12.25 million for the recently-completed project extending 7.6 miles from the northern terminus of the Guadalupe LRT in Santa Clara, west through Sunnyvale, to the CalTrain commuter rail station in Mountain View.
		Sacramento south corridor LRT project (House-Senate: eligible to receive funding for final design): $35.2 million for continued construction of the 6.3-mile first phase of what will ultimately be an 11.3-mile light rail project on the Union Pacific right-of-way in South Sacramento.
	www.calinst.org /pubs/tranapp01.htm

	CCSFDepartment of Public Works4th Street Bridge
		The 88-year-old bascule bridge, designed by Joseph Strauss of Golden Gate Bridge fame, is undergoing a seismic retrofit and massive structural overhaul, including installation of new trolley tracks for the Third Street Light Rail Project, currently under construction, that will connect the Potrero and Bayview districts with downtown San Francisco.
		Street to Third Street (since The Embarcadero becomes King Street at the ball park, motorists should go directly to I 280).
		The Third Street trolley line will tie into the existing tracks on King Street and The Embarcadero upon the reopening of the Fourth Street Bridge in late 2005.
	www.sfdpw.com /sfdpw/4th_bridge.htm

	Rail/Transit noise and vibration control consulting services - Urban Rail Transit Systems
		San Francisco Muni, Third Street Light Rail extension, vibration propagation test.
		HMMH was the acoustical consultant for the San Francisco MUNI Third Street extension EIS/R. Although noise impacts were minimal, the combination of unfavorable soil characteristics and a vehicle/track combination that generates relatively high vibration forces resulted in significant potential for impact from ground-borne vibration.
		Through more detailed vibration testing HMMH was able to demonstrate that the potential vibration impacts could be mitigated with substantially less expensive mitigation measures.
	www.hmmh.com /rail_urban13muni3st.html

	City of South San Fransisco - News Details
		The improved overpass is to support the new light rail traffic as part of the Third Street Light Rail Project.
		The schedule for closures will be coordinated closely with the Oyster Point Hook Ramp project currently under construction, which also requires 101 closures and detours.
		Attached is the link to view the proposed closure schedule for your reference and use.
	www.ci.ssf.ca.us /news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=1056

	DRAFT Rescue Muni Transit Expansion & Upgrade Recommendation Plan
		Our plan of rapid bus, light rail, streetcar, Caltrain, and BART expansions is an aggressive one, and we understand that San Franciscans would need to make public transit a major priority in order to fund it.
		However, it will take some years for Geary light rail to be built, and it is critical that we implement rapid bus improvements in the interim so that this corridor’s customers can get rapid service more quickly.
		While this plan includes rail projects that will take many years to build, it also includes 8 lines of rapid bus service that can be in operation by 2005.
	www.rescuemuni.org /expansion-053101.html

	PIC of SF: Adult Training Programs
		Offers construction related employment opportunities created by the general contractors and subcontractors of the Third Street Light Rail Project, targeted at unemployed and underemployed San Francisco residents who are qualified for construction related jobs with an emphasis given to recruiting and placing residents of the Third Street Corridor project areas.
		This project trains eligible individuals to become licensed nurses through career ladder training for incumbent hospital employees, as well as training for health care professionals who may not currently work at hospitals.
		An innovative career-ladder based workforce development program whose mission it is to provide high quality training for, and job placement in, occupations in the field of information technology to residents of low-income communities in San Francisco and those who face multiple barriers to employment.
	www.picsf.org /training/intro_adult.htm

	Best of the Bay 2003
		Chris Daly and U.S. Department of Transportation chief Norman Mineta, complaining that Muni boss Michael Burns had failed to deliver on promises to provide work for local African American construction contractors on the Third Street Light Rail Project.
		And they're worried that the possible financial boon from upcoming commercial development along Third Street will not go to locals' pockets.
		And as usual, Ratcliff, president of the African American Contractors of San Francisco – who also happens to be the publisher of the city's hardest-hitting neighborhood newspaper, The Bay View, which had run a story on a packed community meeting dedicated to the issue four weeks earlier – minced no words.
	www.bestofthebay.com /2003/ratcliff.html

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