Denver Light Rail Service Interrupted by Coal Train

A Union Pacific coal train derailed in the path of adjacent light-rail tracks and a Denver light-rail train ran into one of the derailed cars. No one was injured, but the Union Pacific says it may be 36 hours before the line is cleared. In the meantime, rail riders will be bused around the accident.

A slide show shows the wintry conditions in which the accident took place. The light-rail cars are shown only in the second half of the show.
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Of course, buses don’t have this problem. If a bus is involved in an accident, other buses can go around. Rail lines don’t have such easy options, which is one more reason to rely on low-cost buses instead of high-cost rails.

Light Rail Follies #2: 20th Anniversary

The nation’s worst-performing light-rail system celebrated its 20th anniversary a few days ago, and in honor of the occasion the San Jose Mercury News published a review that tries, but fails, to be positive.

Thanks to the high cost of light rail and the foolish decisions of the Valley Transportation Authority’s, the article notes, VTA is forced to cut bus service again this January. VTA is actually considering spending $334 million extending one of its lines in a project that is projected to attract less than 2,200 riders a day.

The average U.S. light-rail car carries 26 people, but the average San Jose light-rail car carries less than 15 people.
Flickr photo by skew-t.

Today’s situation “is a long way from transit heaven,” the article admits, pointing out that — thanks to previous service cuts — bus ridership dropped by more than a third in the early 2000s and hasn’t come close to recovering since.

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