New York Streetcar News Index
PLEASE NOTE: Major articles are capitalized. Most back issues are available.
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Jan/Feb 1994
WILL STREETCARS RETURN TO 42nd STREET?
Light Rail Primer I: Guideways and Rails
Book Review: The Assassination of New York (Bob Fitch)
Why Not a Livable New York?

Mar/Apr 1994
THE BROOKLYN/QUEENS RAIL LINK
Ruth Messinger Approves 42nd St. Trolley
White House Caught in Road Lobby Gridlock?
Remembering Bobby Wagner
Community Board Approves Brooklyn Trolley Line

May/Jun 1994
VILLAGE CROSSING: LIGHT RAIL FOR 8th STREET
Light Rail Primer II: Overhead Wires and Cars
42nd St. Trolley Plan Voted on Track
Where Will All the Cars Go?

Jul/Aug 1994
HOW TO REPLACE BROOKLYN'S CRUMBLING GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY
Light Rail Primer III: Environmental Impact & Quality of Life
City Council Approves 42nd St. Trolley

Sept/Oct 1994
A HOME RUN FOR THE BRONX:
LIGHT RAIL FROM YANKEE STADIUM TO THE HELL GATE BRIDGE

How Low Can You Go? Low-Floor Trolleys
Progress on New Jersey Light Rail

Nov/Dec 1994
NEW YORK IS TROLLEY COUNTRY:
REVIEW OF BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND VIDEOS

Jan/Feb 1995
STATEN ISLAND: LIGHT RAIL ON THE NORTH SHORE
Will the New Congress Torpedo Rail Transit?
The MTA: Putting the Squeeze on Riders

Mar/Apr 1995
LIGHT RAIL IN THE LINCOLN TUNNEL
Fears, Not Facts in Nutley, NJ
May/Jun 1995
THE 'LIBERTY LOOP': LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT FOR LOWER MANHATTAN
Book Review: Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn (Stan Fischler)
Remembering John Fink, trolley activist and writer

Jul/Aug 1995
TROLLEYS AND TOURISM
Book Review: New York Railways—The Green Line
Lawsuit Against 42nd St. Trolley Dismissed
Save the Tracks! NYC Destroys Vintage Rails

Sept/Oct 1995
KIDS, TROLLEYS AND THE FUTURE
Book Review: Shaping the City (Gregory Gilmartin)
Film Review: Waterworld
Remembering New York Newsday

Nov/Dec 1995
WATERFRONT TROLLEYS FOR SHEEPSHEAD BAY
Book Review: New York City Subway Cars (James Greller)
How to Protect Your Lungs
Work Begins on New Jersey's Waterfront LRT

Jan/Feb 1996
NEW JERSEY: LIGHT RAIL ON TRACK
Book Review: The Union Trolley Line
Video Review: Trolley Routes in Hudson & Essex Counties
Book Review: By The El: Third Ave. and its El at Midcentury (Larry Stelter)
Film Review: Money Train
Speed Limits Raised Nationwide

Mar/Apr 1996
THE SECOND AVENUE TROLLEY
RPA's Third Regional Plan Endorses Light Rail
Where's the Traffic Goddess When You Need Her?

May/Jun 1996
BOB DIAMOND'S BROOKLYN TROLLEY MUSEUM
Trolley Loop for Downtown Brooklyn
Why Not a Department of Streetcars?

Jul/Aug 1996
THE RPA'S MIDTOWN TROLLEY LOOP
Newsday's Bob Weimer: NY's Most Toxic Journalist?
Book Review: Our Stolen Future (Theo Colborn)
Kids Discover Trains at the Transit Museum

Sept/Oct 1996
SHOWDOWN ON 42nd STREET: WILL THE TROLLEYS ROLL?
Video Review: P.O.V.'s Taken For A Ride
Transit Museum Exhibit: The Workers Who Built Your Subways

Nov/Dec 1996
QUEENSLINK: TROLLEYS ON THE LIRR'S MONTAUK BRANCH, FROM JAMAICA TO THE EAST RIVER
Trolley Wire Approved for Brooklyn Trolley Museum
Light Rail Update: Sheepshead Bay
Light Rail for Norwich, England

[For 1997, the Streetcar News switched to quarterly publication.]
Jan/Feb/Mar 1997
OUR SECOND BOOK REVIEW ISSUE - includes
Home from Nowhere (James Howard Kunstler)
Trolleys on the Web
Seattle Votes for Light Rail

Apr/May/Jun 1997
THE MTA'S "EAST SIDE ACCESS" PLAN FOR TROLLEYS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE
Book Review: Brooklyn The Way It Was (Brian Merlis)
Hit-And-Run Drivers Are Here to Stay
Is the New York Times Anti-City?

Jul/Aug/Sept 1997
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT STREETCARS?
Book Review: Asphalt Nation (Jane Holtz Kay)
Book Review: The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America (John Pucher)

Oct/Nov/Dec 1997
CROSSTOWN ON THE 49th ST. TROLLEY
Book Reviews: Eternity Road; The Unreal America
The New York Times: Anti-City or Shoddy Journalism?

At this point, NYSN ceased publication, unfortunately.