[PRCo] Cleveland Tidbits

[Herb Brannon]

Three interesting items are in the current issue of Cleveland RTA e-news.

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.

Second, is the rollout of the first of 40 rebuilt heavy rail cars for the
Red Line.


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.

>From the news letter: (Be advised three photos accompanied these news
articles. They may or may not come through the Server For The List.)
 Rapids run all night on New Year's Eve, serve major party downtown Ride
RTA to *Cleveland Rocks*, community celebration on Public Square with Drew
Carey

Comedian Drew Carey returns to his native Cleveland on Dec. 31, to
host *Cleveland
Rocks*, a New Year's Eve party on Public
Square<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com>.
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 Dec.
31through the evening of Jan.
1. Happy New Year!

[image: Cleveland rocks, and on New Year's Eve, RTA will roll all night
long. Let us be your designated
driver!]<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=62511047&msgid=883868&act=NAHI&c=345125&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohomecoming.com>
   Extreme makeover: First renovated Red Line rail car goes into service Entire
fleet of 40 cars will be done within two years, preview impresses many
customers

RTA unveiled its first renovated Red Line
car<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>on
Dec. 10 at Tower City. Customers who saw the display were impressed
and
delighted. The first renovated car will go into service after Jan. 1. 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.

[image: RTA's Red Line is getting a long-awaited makeover. Find out here
what you can expect to see over the next two
years.]<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>
   Happy Anniversary: Light-rail service began here 100 years ago A few
miles of track in Shaker Heights grew into the system we see today

100 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1913, Cleveland's Rapid Transit began growing
into the system we know today. Trains began operating on the first 1.6 mile
segment<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>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.

[image: One hundred years? It seems like only yesterday that light rail
service began in Cleveland. Find out more about our history
here.]<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>




-- 
Herb Brannon


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