<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Three interesting items are in the current issue of Cleveland RTA e-news. <br><br>The first deals with New Years Eve. It seems they have decided to run all light and heavy rails lines ALL NIGHT on December 31/January 1 for a big downtown New Years Eve party. I'm glad I'm here and not there.<br>
<br></div>Second, is the rollout of the first of 40 rebuilt heavy rail cars for the Red Line.<br><br><br></div><div>Third, the 100th anniversary of light rail rapid service is this month. The first section of what was to become Shaker Height Rapid Transit and RTA Green & Blue lines began December 17, 1913.<br>
<br></div><div>From the news letter: (Be advised three photos accompanied these news articles. They may or may not come through the Server For The List.)<br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr style="padding-top:10px">
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Rapids run all night on New Year's Eve, serve major party downtown</h2>
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Ride RTA to <em>Cleveland Rocks</em>, community celebration on Public Square with Drew Carey</h3>
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Comedian Drew Carey returns to his native Cleveland on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Dec. 31</span></span>, to host <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com" target="_blank"><em>Cleveland Rocks</em>, a New Year's Eve party on Public Square</a>.
To better serve that party, and hundreds of other parties planned for
that night, RTA will operate the Red, Blue and Green Rapid lines all
night. That means there will be continuous rail service from the morning
of <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Dec. 31</span></span> through the evening of <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Jan. 1</span></span>. Happy New Year!</p>
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Cleveland rocks, and on New Year's Eve, RTA will roll all night long. Let us be your designated driver!" src="http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/e-news/library/clerocks_150x134.jpg" style="width: 150px; min-height: 134px; border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;" align="" height="134" width="150"></a></p>
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Extreme makeover: First renovated Red Line rail car goes into service</h2>
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Entire fleet of 40 cars will be done within two years, preview impresses many customers</h3>
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RTA unveiled <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fnews%2Fdec-10-11-rta-unveils-new-red-line-cars" target="_blank">its first renovated Red Line car</a>
on Dec. 10 at Tower City. Customers who saw the display were impressed
and delighted. The first renovated car will go into service after <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">Jan. 1</span></span>.
RTA's goal is to renovate two cars each month, until all 40 cars are in
service. The interior renovation features brighter lights, upgraded
seats and seat frames, new windows and more space for wheelchairs,
strollers and bicycles.</p>
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fnews%2Fdec-10-11-rta-unveils-new-red-line-cars" target="_blank"><img alt="RTA's Red Line is getting a long-awaited makeover. Find out here what you can expect to see over the next two years." src="http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/e-news/library/redline_overhaul_150x100.jpg" style="width: 150px; min-height: 100px; border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;" align="" height="100" width="150"></a></p>
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Happy Anniversary: Light-rail service began here 100 years ago</h2>
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A few miles of track in Shaker Heights grew into the system we see today</h3>
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100 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1913, Cleveland's Rapid Transit began growing into the system we know today. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fdec-17-1913-first-light-rail-service-operates-shaker-heights" target="_blank">Trains began operating on the first 1.6 mile segment</a>
in the median of what would become Shaker Blvd., from Coventry Road
east to Fontenay Road. The fare was 3 cents. That section is now part of
RTA's Green Line. It is the oldest local section of continuously
operating Rapid tracks still in use today.</p>
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.riderta.com%2Fdec-17-1913-first-light-rail-service-operates-shaker-heights" target="_blank"><img alt="One hundred years? It seems like only yesterday that light rail service began in Cleveland. Find out more about our history here." src="http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/e-news/library/lightrail_100yr_150x147.jpg" style="width: 150px; min-height: 147px; border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;" align="" height="147" width="150"></a></p>
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