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Selected Magazine Articles from 1999 to 2005

2003, 2004 & 2005

810 June 2005Tony YoungDoes the DfT really have a clue
798 June 2004 Must do better: Government gets the blame for stifling light rail progress
785 May 2003C.J.WansbeekMilano: Metrotramvia is a brand new buzz word
784 April 2003Mike TaplinBilbao: First line is just the beginning.
783 Mar. 2003C.J.WansbeekStrasbourg: Interurban tram strategy strengthens city system
781 Jan. 2003John GillhamTrieste: Hundred years of loyal service

2002

780 Dec 2002C.J.WansbeekBordeaux: Fronting the French Tramway Revolution
779 Nov 2002C.J.WansbeekKöln: Low-floor success spurs expansion
778 Oct 2002C.J.WansbeekNice: Quality tram in a city of beauty
777 Sept 2002Walter Rice & Jorma RauhalaHelsinki: Expansion is on the horizon
776 Aug 2002C.J.WansbeekGeneva: Ten years of solid expansion
774 June 2002Michael TaplinCombino: Orders have topped the 500 mark
773 May 2002C.J.WansbeekLinz: Narrow gauge, broad vision
772 Apr 2002C.J.WansbeekTorino: A new role for the tramway
771 Mar 2002C.J.WansbeekIJtram: Link to Amsterdam's island city
770 Feb 2002C.J.WansbeekParis: City backs vast transport expansion
769 Jan 2002Geoffrey SkelseyBrussels tramways: the last 3 years

2001

768 Dec. 2001C.J.WansbeekPorto — Europe's largest light rail project
766 Oct. 2001Michael TaplinPortland: The streetcar makes a welcome comeback
765 Sept. 2001C.J.WansbeekDarmstadt: A mature tramway grows again
764 Aug. 2001Michael Taplin & John HorneThe brand new tramways of France
763 July 2001C.J.WansbeekMontreal: Light rail and metro partners
762 June 2001C.J.WansbeekFirenze: Trams are back in the city of art
761 May 2001Michael TaplinThere's another one behind (merits of the guided bus?)
760 April 2001Barry CrossBuenos Aires: Brand new pre-Metro line
759 March 2001Reinhold KaschKaiserslautern: Spring start for construction?
758 Feb. 2001J.W. VigrassSalt Lake City
757 Jan. 2001C.J.Wansbeek Nantes expansion

2000

Dec. 2000Frank MuthKarlsruhe is celebrating 100 years of electric trams. Pt 1
Nov. 2000Graham HaywoodNottingham: Trams in three years time
Sept. 2000C.J.Wansbeek Lyon: A tramway built in record time
August 2000Ian Souter An examination of the quality of transport performance in UK cities
July 2000C.J.Lietwiler Light rail takes off in New Jersey

1999

Dec. 1999Bob Tarr "Stuttgart - the full loaf"
Nov. 1999Bob Tarr "The message is plane"
Oct. 1999Horst Schaffer"Five Rules for successful light rail systems"
Sep. 1999C.J. Wansbeek"Interchange made easy in Bremen"
July 1999C.J. Wansbeek"Stuttgart welcomes new Stadtbahn LRVs"
June 1999C.J. Wansbeek"Valenciennes - France's next tramway city"
May 1999Piet Meeuwissen"Portsmouth Harbour Tunnel"
Apr. 1999Bob Tarr"What does 'integrated' mean?"
Mar. 1999Prof. Carmen Hass-Klau
& Dr. Graham Crampton
"How other countries see light rail and appraise light rail investments?"
Mar. 1999D.Scott Hellewell"Good interchange ..."

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