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1 MTA New York City Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,745 2 Amtrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553 3 New Jersey Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,231 4 Chicago Transit Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190 5 MTA Metro-North Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150 6 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,128 7 MTA Long Island Rail Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100 8 Massachusetts Bay Area Transportation Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 9 Metra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018 10 Toronto Transit Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954 18 < m ETRO m AGAZINE JUNE 2014 metro-magazine.com 2014 TOP RAIL PROJECTS SURVEY lion streetcar project (No. 38) is part of the $2.1 billion Regional Transportation Plan, approved by Pima County voters in May 2006. Te project, which is fund- ed by the Regional Transportation Au- thority, is scheduled to open July 25. With an aggressive build schedule, the project added seven streetcars as of press time and moved from the con- struction and production phase to test- ing and training over the course of the past year. The City of Cincinnati is in the first phase of its 3.6-mile streetcar system (No. 39), with project costs coming in at a reported $147 million. In May, the Southwest Ohio Region- al Transit Authority's Metro, which the City requested assume responsibility for streetcar marketing and community ed- ucation, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of a brand identi- ty and branding system of the Cincinna- ti Streetcar. Te RFP includes a logo and guidelines related to its use that will be needed for everything related to street- car operations, including vehicles, signs, operators' uniforms, website and print- ed materials. Detroit's 3.3-mile M-1 Rail streetcar project (No. 40), which is set to open by late 2016, was approved in March for a $10 million loan from the state. The vision for a rail line along the Woodward Corridor has been in ex- i s t e n c e s i n c e 2 0 0 7 , a n d i t ha s g o n e through a number of iterations — in technology and actual cars and total distance. The project is set to officially break ground later this summer. Meanwhile, the two additional proj- ects in this year's survey include Kansas City's Downtown KC Streetcar (No. 42) and the Atlanta Streetcar (See METRO April 2014) at No. 43. In May, the City of Atlanta and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority announced they will jointly manage the 2.7-mile line that will run along an east-west route with 12 stops/ stations using streetcars powered by overhead wire technology. In Kansas City, the two-mile Down- town streetcar starter line was set to break ground in May. Te system will in- Minneapolis' Metro Transit was set to open its $957 million Green Line in June. CONTINUES FROM PAGE 14 Heavy. . . . . . 59%. . . 13,128 Commuter. . 23%. . . 5,256 Light . . . . . . . . 8%. . . .1,856 Other . . . . . . 10%. . . . 2,173 Heavy. . . . . . 59%. . 13,365 Commuter. . 23%. . . 5,323 Light . . . . . . . 13%. . . 2,985 Other . . . . . . . 5%. . . . 1,125 Top 10 Largest Rail Fleets Railcar Fleet Mix The top 10 largest rail feets comprise approximately 76% of the total with 17,137 vehicles. MTA's New York City Transit continues to top the list. Compared with 10 years ago, heavy railcars still make up the largest fraction of the sum with 13,365 vehicles, which is slightly higher than 2004's 13,128 vehicles. Commuter and light railcars remain second and third, with light rail vehicles climbing in the last 10 years by 60%. Respondents said they have approximately 3,372 new railcars on order. 59% 23% 8% 10% 2004 59% 23% 13% 5% 2014