light rail

For several hours on Monday, the strike delayed some flight departures at Ben Gurion international airport, curtailed some nonemergency hospital services, and temporarily shut down light-rail systems in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

The K Line extension is projected to serve upward of 85,000 daily riders — providing a ride from the South Bay/LAX area to lines extending into the the San Fernando Valley, which is expecting its own light-rail project to begin construction this year.

Including the suburbs, the greater Salt Lake Valley has a population of nearly 1.26 million, and a light-rail system that can drop suburbanites steps from the downtown stadium.

And state and federal funds given to the city ahead of its first Olympics left Salt Lake City with a light-rail system and world-class athletic facilities.

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed late Sunday on a light-rail train in downtown Seattle, police said.