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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation light rail transit
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BTW, LRT is so expensive, the region will go broke before we can replace all buses with rail.
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I support all the routes. .but why not eliminate the lower part of the proposed Jane line (tie in at the corridor overpass), run a Transit City proposed LRT from the airport down the corridor with stops as needed into the core and out the DRL route up Pape and into Don Mills as proposed†¦ tada. .no patchwork†¦ one line, one technology, one ticket†¦ one point brought to my attention was the capacity issues south of bloor into the core.
» City Council boards the DRL bandwagon • Spacing Toronto • understanding the urban landscape 2009
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This makes so-called LRT planning as expensive as SkyTrain.
Surrey Mayor Watts queries bridge twinning assumptions « Stephen Rees's blog 2008
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"We saw that it was very effective in drawing more passengers to use the LRT, that is why will continue to allow them to board the train this year," Robles added.
Brudirect News1 Christina I. Hermoso 2010
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A comparison between light railways in both Boston and San Franciso show that despite Boston boasting a light railway with low operational energy use, their LRT is a far larger greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter because 82 per cent of the energy generated in Boston is fossil-fuel based, compared to only 49 per cent in San Francisco.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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A comparison between light railways in both Boston and San Franciso show that despite Boston boasting a light railway with low operational energy use, their LRT is a far larger greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter because 82 per cent of the energy generated in Boston is fossil-fuel based, compared to only 49 per cent in San Francisco.
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Electro Convulsive Therapy - or as many mentally ill patients refer to as LRT - Last Resort Therapy, is to my mind one of those bastions of victorian treatments that were over-prescribed and not understood.
Brain Blogger 2009
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Mayor calls LRT lawsuit offer 'right for the citizens'
Ottawa Sun 2009
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The extension of the LRT is a critical transportation link that is both environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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The extension of the LRT is a critical transportation link that is both environmentally friendly and sustainable.
TankHughes commented on the word LRT
LRT on Twitter is short for "last retweet." Meaning that they simply
retweeted something without comment, but then wanted to comment on it
after
Tweet 1: A picture
Tweet 2: LRT it me
January 6, 2017
alexz commented on the word LRT
I grew up with this meaning Light Rapid Transit for skytrain and some branches of Toronto's subway.
January 7, 2017