From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 14-Aug-14 12:22, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
      
   >>But Stephen cannot find any federal standard for "light rail" or   
   >>"heavy rail" that doesn't exist.   
      
   >I can't?  There's this from the Federal Transit Administration:   
      
   I don't know what it is, but what it isn't is a standard. It's a description,   
   that may not match what the next author writes about.   
      
   >"Commuter Rail (CR)   
   >A transit mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban   
   >passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel   
   >operating between a central city and adjacent suburbs. Service must be   
   >operated on a regular basis by or under contract with a transit operator   
   >for the purpose of transporting passengers within urbanized areas   
   >(UZAs), or between urbanized areas and outlying areas.   
      
   >Such rail service, using either locomotive hauled or self-propelled   
   >railroad passenger cars, is generally characterized by:   
   >   Multi-trip tickets   
      
   This entirely sucks. Class: What is the key characteristic of commuter   
   service, the reason why it's called commuter service?   
      
   >   Specific station to station fares   
      
   I guess that means single station fare zones? That ain't true either.   
      
   >   Railroad employment practices, and   
      
   Except in Philadelphia where the railroad workers were placed on contracts   
   like rapid transit workers. I seem to recall a very lengthy strike that   
   the transit district won.   
      
   It also misses the key point that it runs on a railroad under federal   
   jurisdiction. Duh.   
      
   >   Usually only one or two stations in the central business district. . . .   
      
   We have railroad terminals near, but not in, the CBD, all over place.   
      
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