The highway serves as a connector between Interstate 96 (I-96) and US Highway 31 (US 31), helping connect Grand Haven with the Grand Rapids metro area.
Although referred to as a light rail system because it originally used light rail vehicles, it has characteristics that make it more akin to a rapid transit (metro) system, such as high passenger throughput, exclusive right-of-way and later use of full metro rolling stock.
In the background of rapid urban metro transit construction in China, rail transportation becomes an important factor in shaping urban form.
Opened in 1984, it is Florida's only rapid transit metro system, and is currently composed of two lines of 23 stations on 24.4 mile of standard gauge track.
The set of urban rail systems can be roughly subdivided into the tram, light rail, rapid transit (underground, subway, metro), monorail, commuter rail, and other types such as rail-guided buses in Nancy, France [7].
The Washington Metro rapid transit system serves Northern Virginia as far west as communities along I-66 in Fairfax County, with expansion plans to reach Loudoun County by 2017.
Metro status (metro versus non metro) was used to represent external healthcare environment.
The Washington Metro, commonly called Metro and branded Metrorail, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, as well as its surrounding suburbs.
Rapid transit, also known as metro, subway or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.
