A few areas of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area have had some severe outbreaks of tornadoes at different points in the past, including the Ruskin Heights tornado in 1957, and the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence.

* 1997 – 2003, Metropolitan Building in Warsaw, Poland

* A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America by Elinor Langer ( Metropolitan Books, 2003, ISBN 0-8050-5098-1 )

Armstrong County was added to the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2003.

Erie County was designated a Metropolitan Statistical Area with Sandusky as its principal city in 2003.

In 2003, Carter County was added to the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) area and is somewhat of an exurb county for those cities.

Calhoun County was added to the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2003, along with Bond and Macoupin counties in Illinois, and Washington County, Missouri.

In 2003 Scott County, Indiana was removed from the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area and became the Scottsburg, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Prior to 2003, the area was officially known as the Clarksville-Hopkinsville Metropolitan Statistical Area and included only Montgomery and Christian counties.

For example, an October 2003 directive by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government required teachers to stand during the national anthem at graduation ceremonies.

In 2003, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City held an exhibition of his artistic and architectural work, entitled " Santiago Calatrava: Sculpture Into Architecture.

Karak City's Metropolitan population is estimated to be 68, 800 ( 2003 estimate ).

Despite these issues, Gheorghiu and Alagna returned to the Metropolitan Opera for five performances of L ' elisir d ' amore in 1999 and for four performances of Faust in 2003.

It underwent extensive refurbishment and updating prior to its occupation by the Metropolitan Police around 2003.

The first performance of the work at the Metropolitan Opera took place on December 4, 2003, with James Levine conducting and stage direction from Andrei Şerban, and Marcello Giordani singing the role of Cellini.

To mark the bicentenary of Berlioz's birth in 2003, Les Troyens was revived in productions at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris ( conducted by John Eliot Gardiner ), Amsterdam ( conducted by Edo de Waart ), and at the Metropolitan Opera ( with the American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Dido, conducted by James Levine ).

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003

* Honorary Doctorates of Law: University of Strathclyde 1992, University of Teeside 1993, Keele University 1994, Lancaster University 1994, Leeds Metropolitan University 1995, University of Bristol 1997, University of Wolverhampton 1997, The Open University 1997, University of Abertay Dundee 1997, Tavistock Centre under the auspices of the University of East London 1997, University of Derby 1998, University of Leicester 1998, University of York 1999, National University of Ireland 2000, University of Aberdeen 2000, Oxford Brookes University 2001, Caledonian University 2001, Robert Gordon University 2002, Judicial Academy of Russia 2002, Polytechnic University of Tomsk 2002, Middlesex University 2003, De Montfort University 2004, University of Sheffield 2005, University of Staffordshire 2005, University of Paisley 2005, University of Edinburgh 2005

* Metropolitan Antony ( Bloom ) of Sourozh ( 1914 – 2003 ), Russian Orthodox bishop

It was first published in the United States in November 2003 by the company Metropolitan Books, and later republished in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books.

In 2003, Fleming sang Imogene in at the Met, the title role in Massenet's Thaïs with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Rusalka at Covent Garden, and Violetta in La traviata with both Houston Grand Opera and the Metropolitan Opera.

An Air Defense Identification Zone ( ADIZ ) has existed since February 10, 2003, around the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area to restrict air traffic near Washington, D. C.

In approximately 2000, a TAFE Centre was built in Commerce Avenue as part of the South-East Metropolitan College of TAFE ; it became a fully functioning campus in 2003 when SEMC merged into Swan TAFE, and is now a campus of Polytechnic West.

Modern revivals have been staged at the Vienna State Opera ( 1999 ), The Metropolitan Opera ( 2003 ), the Teatro La Fenice in Venice ( 2005 ), the Paris Opera ( 2007 ), the Zurich Opera House ( 2007 ), the Staatstheater Stuttgart ( 2008 ) and De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam ( 2009 ) and the Tel Aviv ( Israel ) Opera.

In 2003 the Regional Transit District Act was enacted, which authorized the creation of Regional Transit Districts ( RTD's ) in the state of New Mexico ; In September, 2004, the North Central Regional RTD was the first RTD to be certified by the New Mexico Transportation Commission.

* Transit Belle – Transit Belle ( 2003 )

A long-planned extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system to the airport opened on June 22, 2003, allowing passengers to board trains at the airport's international terminal to San Francisco or points in the East Bay.

In June 2003 a passenger connection for the Bay Area Rapid Transit ( BART ) and Caltrain systems opened at Millbrae station just south of the San Francisco International Airport.

2003: NJCU joined with the City of Jersey City, the Jersey City Board of Education, and New Jersey Transit to collaborate on Jersey City Bayfront Plan.

In 2003, the X-Type was also offered in front-wheel drive with the introduction of Jaguar ’ s first four-cylinder diesel engines ( based on the Ford Duratorq ZSD unit from the Mondeo and Transit ), and with the smaller 2. 1 litre petrol V6.

The North East Line ( NEL ), the first line operated by SBS Transit, opened on 20 June 2003, one of the first fully automated heavy rail lines in the world.

In 2003, SBS Transit started operating the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit network in addition to its existing bus operations.

* The City site benefited from the completion of the Nottingham Express Transit ( NET ) light rail system in December 2003, which provides a tram stop outside the Boots Library.

* Damaged in Transit ( Xtra Watt, 2003 )

The National Department of Transit ( Denatran ) census in 2003 recorded a fleet of 36. 821 vehicles.

In 2003, he helped to break ground for the Sound Transit Link light rail project in November, and signed an executive order in 2004 giving equal rights to everyone who is married and works for Seattle city government regardless of sexual orientation.

Transit Security personnel often work in conjunction with deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Transit Services Bureau, which has been the exclusive contract provider of dedicated law enforcement services for Metro since 2003.

Calgary Transit C-Train Siemens-Duewag U2 car 2003, August 18, 2004.

Opened in 2003, Secaucus Junction was built as a major transfer hub for the New Jersey Transit system.

Division 4 was formerly provided by Tokmakjian Incorporated from 2003 to 2010 ( former operators for Vaughan Transit )

Low Transit Industries is an independent record label founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2003.

In 2003, the right shoulders between Erin Mills Parkway and Mavis Road were widened for GO Transit and Mississauga Transit to run express bus services.

Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. is working under a contract valued at $ 16. 4 million, but Metro Transit stopped payment at $ 9. 4 million in May 2003 when it became apparent that the rollout would be behind schedule.