March 15, 2010
Specific guidance and management techniques are provided to aid emergency planning staff to create DHS-compliant systems.
Burns, who earns $290,000 a year, will not seek a raise.
Grant was part of $1.5 billion TIGER Award from the U.S. DOT. It will expand the historic New Orleans streetcars through the city’s central business district, a corridor that is home to significant commercial and business activity.
Angels Flight, as it is known, reopened on Monday after receiving approval from the California Public Utilities Commission. It was closed in 2001 after a deadly accident left one man dead and seven others injured.
“Dinky” train supporters voiced opposition to a plan for a BRT system for Princeton that would replace the train.
March 12, 2010
Bay area transit agencies could expect about $148 million this year and $144 million in future years if new funding legislation is signed.
U.S. Department of Transportation workers were furloughed in early March when Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky) temporarily blocked funding for federal highway and transportation projects.
Industry expert David L. Gunn urged the agency to "level with the public regarding the seriousness of the problems facing Metrorail"and the need to move quickly to recruit a general manager with "a strong operating and technical background."
March 11, 2010
When a bait car is stolen, the location, speed and direction of travel of the vehicle is monitored by police dispatchers at Public Safety Communications through GPS tracking.
The 600-plus public transit leaders will spend Tuesday and Wednesday visiting their congressional representatives, lobbying their transit initiatives on Capitol Hill.
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