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  2. List of streetcar systems in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of different private companies during the years in which the system existed. [1] The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent streetcar (or light rail) systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area.

  3. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  4. Tram - Wikipedia

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    With over 14,000 units, Tatra T3 is the most widely produced type in history. A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States) is a urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

  5. Streetcars in North America - Wikipedia

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    Opened in 2001, the Portland Streetcar was the first streetcar system using modern vehicles to be established in the United States in over 50 years. In 2001, Portland, Oregon, which already had a successful light rail system ( MAX ), became the first city in the North America in more than 50 years to open a new streetcar system served by modern ...

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    closed car having two or (usu.) four doors, a front and rear seat and a separate boot/trunk (US: sedan) (saloon bar) posh bar within a pub or hotel passengers' lounge on a liner or luxury train (US approx.: parlor car) officers' dining room on a merchant ship bar, especially in the American Old West. bar that serves only spirits and no food

  7. List of tram and light rail transit systems - Wikipedia

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    The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. [ 1 ]

  8. Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia

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    Heritage streetcar (also known as heritage trolley or vintage trolley) is an American term for streetcar systems that use vehicles that were built before 1960, or modern replicas of such vehicles. Cable car is an American word for a passenger rail vehicle attached to a moving cable located below the street surface and powered by engines or ...

  9. Light rail in North America - Wikipedia

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    Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America.The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor to the U.S. Federal Transit Administration) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States.