Johnell Bell has been selected as the agency's director of diversity and transit equity. In a newly created role, Martin Gonzalez, a TriMet employee since 2007, will serve as multicultural program manager.
Part of an effort to develop an integrated passenger rail network. The Iowa DOT received $400,000 to develop a freight and passenger rail transportation model which will expand on an existing statewide travel demand model. The Nevada DOT received $640,000 to fund the completion of the Nevada State Rail Plan.
VeriFone will provide ruggedized on-bus hardware, software development, project management, installation, and warranty and maintenance services across Staten Island's fleet of buses.
As part of the campaign, posts at selected bus stops are crowned with a solar panel that charges a battery that powers the light-emitting diode, or LED, fixtures.
The up to 36 systems — 24 in base order — will feature state-of-the-art microprocessor controls and be designed and manufactured at Westcode's West Chester, Pa facility.
Agency is investing $10 million to hire the officers, which will come from the Chicago Police Academy. The investment is part of the Mayor Emanuel’s ongoing commitment to bring more police officers to every neighborhood of Chicago.
In 2010, deficiencies in America’s roads, bridges, and transit systems cost American households and businesses more than $129 billion, including approximately $97 billion in vehicle operating costs, $32 billion in delays in travel time, $1.2 billion in safety costs, and $590 million in environmental costs.
Objectives include increasing awareness of the importance of safety and enforcement among all stakeholders; identifying policy-related barriers and developing opportunities for addressing targeted challenges; and developing tools and resources for educating and training on the maintenance, operations, and purchasing of motorcoach services.
Michael Melaniphy serves as VP, Public Sector for Motor Coach Industries. Prior to that, he worked at First Group and its predecessor companies, serving as GM for public transit systems in Charlotte, N.C.; Wichita, Kan.; and Hamilton, Ohio.
The decision is a departure from Metro's typical project delivery approach of Design-Bid-Build, but it works in favor of building a quality product in this economy and in such a way that is supportive of the local business community.
The bus boasts sealed electrically isolated battery modules that cannot produce any gases and a drive train that does not produce any emissions. The new vehicle will be on display at BusCon in Chicago, Sept. 13-14.
Project includes final design and construction of 11.5 miles of track, six stations, dozens of crossings, utilities and systems.
Will design the North West Rail Link in Sydney, Australia. AECOM, the lead technical advisor, will deliver planning; project definition; design definition; systems assurance; design concept approval; reference design; contract documentation and tender assessment phases.
The proposed $233 million Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project would have run 30 trains between Kenosha and Milwaukee with nine stops along the route.
The man pleaded guilty in May 2010 to aggravated assault for punching the driver in the face, pulling him off the bus and stomping his face 15 times during the morning rush hour on Dec. 3, 2009.
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