Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Established as a best practice for other transit agencies to use, the award recognizes exemplary efforts in preparing effective and practical environmental documents consistent with prevailing requirements and expectations while achieving the objective of paperwork reduction.

The project will complete the 26.5-mile Green Line and expand 20 miles of the Orange and Blue lines. Under the extension, the company will provide a variety of project control, system integration and staff support services.

“Where's My Bus?” will enable riders to follow the progress of their bus via a Google map as it approaches their stop.

Tests will be conducted on an almost daily basis until the section opens September 14. The tests are designed to evaluate the operation of the new light rail track and to familiarize rail operators with the operating characteristics of the trains on the new line.

Adding lighting at shelters and stops is expensive due to the high cost of electricity, construction costs and the periodic moving or removing of bus stops. These new solar-powered units provide a cost savings and they can be moved or relocated where they are the most effective.

Bolstered by the receipt of $78.4 million in ARRA funds, the Green Line rail project is headed for on-time and on-budget arrival at four new stations on Sept.14, 2009.

Proposed system will accommodate more than 3,000 radio users and can easily grow to accommodate up to 6,000 users and operate on existing DART frequencies, which can expand when some other frequencies become available.

EPA questions Honolulu rail route. DART riders protest fare hikes. CATS to offer TV on buses.

On-board computers will provide automatic next stop announcements and communicate vehicle location and event messages to the central computer-aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location system.