Denver / Seattle / Dallas / Buffalo / Minneapolis / Boston / Baltimore / Commuter Charlotte / New York / Commuter Memphis / Philadelphia / Morgantown / Washington / D.C. / Memphis / New Orleans / Pittsburgh / Atlanta / Portland / Charlotte / Los Angeles / Cleveland / Detroit / Miami / New York City / San Diego / Chicago / Sacramento / San Jose / St. Louis / /
Company
U.S. Rail Transit Systems / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
cent / USD / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania / West Virginia University / New York City’s subway / Kansas State University / /
IndustryTerm
Cable car / underground cable systems / transportation / Public transportation data / public finance aspects / cable car operations / public transportation / horsecar systems / commuter systems / trolley systems / commuter-rail systems / city transit web sites / lightrail systems / abandoned rail networks / local public finance / rail systems / electricity / commuter-rail transit systems / heavy-rail systems / light-rail systems / public transportation system / amenable tool / public rail transportation / Electric street car / travel time / car ownership / ight-rail systems / rail vs. car / horsecar rail systems / subway systems / Heavy rail systems / /
Organization
University of Pennsylvania / West Virginia University / Light Rail Transit Association / Federal Transit Administration / Federal Reserve Bank / Shippensburg University / US Federal Reserve / Kansas State University / Department of Agricultural Economics / Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University / /
Person
Thomas A. Garrett / / /
Position
Economist / senior economist in the Research Division / author / assistant professor / private businessmen / representative / /
ProvinceOrState
West Virginia / Oregon / St. Louis County / New York / Tennessee / Pennsylvania / North Carolina / California / /
Light-Rail Transit in America POLICY ISSUES AND PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Thomas A. Garrett, Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis