Hybrid technology, which can be used in all heavy shunting services, reduces fuel consumption by approximately 50 percent and is aimed at a Europe-wide market of several thousands of locomotives that are obsolete. With a top output of 600 kW, the locomotive has only a small diesel generator of 250 kW and draws the additional power from batteries that are recharged by the generator.
Although the Amberg GRP system is modular and can address a wide variety of track measurement applications such as clearance, tamping, track geometry surveying and as-built documentation, the GRP 1000 configuration, which is being utilized in China, caters to the special requirements of slab track construction.
Marketplace is the first motorcoach tourism and group travel event on the calendar every year, with nearly 3,500 ABA member delegates and industry leaders participating in more than 110,000 quality appointments, attending more than 40 educational seminars, and doing business while at numerous networking events each year.
Talgo specializes in the design, manufacture and maintenance of railway material and equipment. The company uses Adams to validate train suspensions to fulfill certification standards and to perform faster simulations of high-speed trains.
In addition to a felony charge for driving while intoxicated, the driver, Yasushi Mikuni, also faces 10 other felony charges of operating a vehicle negligently causing death or injury and is also being held on logbook and lane-change violations, both misdemeanors.
The $200 million midtown surveillance program has 700 cameras that can be monitored and controlled from a command center.
On the heels of the one-year anniversary of the expiration of the previous multi-year surface transportation bill, APTA officials, along with public transportation riders from around the country, shared stories of how public transportation has benefited their lives at an event in Washington, D.C., blocks away from the Capitol building.
The YouRail jury consisted of the members of the senior management team of Bombardier Transportation and external industry experts. The value of the prizes awarded totaled approximately $13,000.
The programs in both cities are part of Visa's long-term strategy of extending the speed, security and convenience of Visa acceptance to new locations.
Larimer Lift, a paratransit service started by the county in 2007, has faced administrative problems, forcing officials to consider turning it over to Transfort, Fort Collins' public bus system.
A state program that reimburses Pasco County, Fla., for providing non-emergency medical trips for Medicaid clients drained about $100,000 last year. But ending participation would lose the county up to $500,000 in other funding.
The contract terms include a 1.5-percent wage increase retroactive to July 1, up from the 1-percent wage increase Bremerton, Wash.-based Paratransit Services had previous proposed.
The new policy, effective Oct. 1, will eliminate access customers' ability to take trips between the two zones. Thirty customers were adversely affected by the change, which was made due to rising costs.
The agency, which seeks to trim some $8 billion in anticipated spending by 2030, currently spends $30 million a year on the paratransit program.
The SmartDrive Safety program uses in-vehicle recorders to capture highly detailed video and vehicle data during sudden stops, swerves, collisions and other events. Captured data is sent to professional safety review analysts who categorize and score the events.
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