More TOD in the Heartland

Little Rock's River Rail trolley is not much more than a slow-moving tourist train but, even so, it has had a positive effect on the Arkansas capital and its neighbor, North Little Rock, as this article in Mass Transit magazine indicates. River Rail could serve as the nucleus of a real light rail system that would begin to get commuters out of their cars. Take a look at the system map of Portland's (OR) TriMet Light Rail system for a graphic look at what I'm talking about. For more on TOD (transit-oriented development), see my posts of August 28 and September 3, 2006.