BUFFALO OPENS ITS LRRT

The Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit, scheduled for May opening, was developed as a means of socioeconomic awakening for a badly depressed metropolitan area. After early rejections of full rapid transit by voters, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority won funding for a light-rail transit concept operating on a 1.2-mile downtown transit mall then in 5.2 miles of subway north of the business district. The construction procedures and plans for operation are described. The 27 cars were built in Japan. Provision was made in design for line extensions with a route to the Towanda area as the most likely prospect.

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  Bobit Publishing Company

  2500 Artesia Boulevard
  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Metro
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 10098-0083

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Construction projects; Legislation; Light rail transit; Socioeconomic factors; Subways; Transit malls; Urban renewal
• Geographic Terms: Buffalo (New York)
• Old TRIS Terms: Subway construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Law; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394538
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM