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  • Transcript of Today's Web Chat with Bryan Pennington

      Today, Bryan Pennington, senior vice president of engineering and construction, hosted our sixth Web chat. The topic: METRO Solutions and the five light-rail lines we are building. We had 34 people chatting, and we received far more questions than we could answer. Our apologies for not getting to all of your questions, including some ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on July 17, 2008
  • Web Chat: Ask Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Light Rail

      This Thursday, you'll have a chance to ask anything and everything you've ever wanted to know about the five light-rail lines METRO is building. The man in charge of building out those rail lines is Bryan Pennington, senior vice president of engineering and construction at METRO. Pennington's been at METRO three and a half ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on July 15, 2008
  • More Americans Are Riding Light Rail

      More people across America are taking public transit. That's according to the latest research by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). And what mode of transportation experienced the biggest growth? Light rail. Light rail increased by 8.9 percent in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to the same quarter a ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on December 13, 2007
  • METRO Board Chooses University Corridor Alignment, Plus Light Rail Immediately for All Five Lines

      In a board room packed with media and the public, the METRO board this afternoon voted for an alignment along the University corridor that was not exactly what anyone was expecting. At issue was the segment east of Main Street. Instead of the three rail alignments this blog has reported on, the board voted on an amendment to the motion ...
    Posted to Write On METRO (Weblog) by Mary Sit on October 18, 2007