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- adjective US Describing a
junction orintersection where two or moretransport axes cross at the samelevel (orgrade ). - adjective Railroad built upon an evened, ground level length of land.
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Examples
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The only question is whether it'll be at-grade or if Bellevue and ST can find a way to fund a tunnel. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds
Brewster’s Half-Baked Argument Against Light Rail « PubliCola 2010
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is building a four-lane bridge on Route 28 over Wellington Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks in Manassas to eliminate the at-grade crossing.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic, transit tips Post 2011
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is building a four-lane bridge on Route 28 over Wellington Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks in Manassas to eliminate the at-grade crossing.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic, transit tips Post 2011
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If the line is built through downtown Bellevue (either at-grade or as a tunnel) and the region ends up wishing we had built the Vision Line instead?
Brewster’s Half-Baked Argument Against Light Rail « PubliCola 2010
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Adding turnstyles to the at-grade, median stops along MLK would be harder, since its the entrance to the station is not physically defined by a stairway, or escalator.
Why Vancouver’s Transit System Has Seattle Beat « PubliCola 2010
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is building a four-lane bridge on Route 28 over Wellington Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks in Manassas to eliminate the at-grade crossing.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic, transit tips Post 2011
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The 1994 Swift Rail Development Act created a mandate to support the existing practice of an operator sounding a locomotive's horn, as a warning to traffic, a half-mile before the train reaches at-grade crossings, on which vehicles cross the train tracks at the same level as the locomotive.
Kensington is Md.'s first Quiet Zone Alex Ruoff 2010
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is building a four-lane bridge on Route 28 over Wellington Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks in Manassas to eliminate the at-grade crossing.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic, transit tips Post 2011
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Maybe focus on the tunnel stops for turnstyles, and have other enforcement means on the at-grade stations? zefwagner
Why Vancouver’s Transit System Has Seattle Beat « PubliCola 2010
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Also, do not forget that the capacity of an at-grade/on-street LRT line is 20,000+, much more capacity than will ever be needed on Broadway.
Bond shies away from major TransLink reforms « Stephen Rees's blog 2010
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