The S 411 HD is the smallest vehicle in the new TopClass 400 line, and features VIP interior amenities as well as Front Collision Guard, adaptive cruise control with Active Brake Assist and Lane-Keeping Assist.
With this new tool, Metro will be able to share information, post comments, pictures and videos, with its customer base and subscribers to interact directly.
New user-friendly website contains an interactive schedule finder, system map and points of interest database. Incorporating the latest technology, the site can be viewed on any phone or PDA with internet access and features up-to-date news and rider alerts.
A series of workshops have been scheduled in January to provide information on unemployment benefits and job search tips. The CTA is also trying to connect employees with companies that are hiring.
The contract comprises 246 Movia metro cars (41 six-car trains), including spare parts and training for the operator’s staff. Supplier’s share of the contract amounts to approximately $138 million.
Agency collaborated with the Port of Seattle on the Airport Link project which included the new light rail station, pedestrian bridges connecting the station to the airport parking garage and a pick-up and drop-off area to the east serving the city of SeaTac.
Lee County Transit plans on purchasing several hybrid buses next year, including one that will service the Florida Gulf Coast University campus.
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), which transports people in individual pods directly to their destinations, could find a home at a test lab in Winona, Minn., with a proposal in the works to build a one-mile guideway.
The Smart Way service introduced a larger, 57-seat motorcoach manufactured by MCI that will replace the current fleet of 32-seat buses traveling between Roanoke, Christiansburg and Blacksburg.
Go West Transit, which serves Western Illinois University and Macomb, Ill., has launched a real-time map showing transit buses on their routes as well as a text messaging system that can send bus schedules directly to riders' cell phones.
In a two-and-a-half-year, $35 million contract, INIT will provide an advanced CAD/AVL system including on-board computers, mobile data terminals and an automatic passenger counting system. The contract covers 660 fixed route vehicles, 350 paratransit and 117 light rail vehicles.
The center is expected to employ approximately 12 employees when it opens.
Responsible for upgrading the automatic train control system, which includes replacing switches and signals and upgrading eight interlockings from mechanical relays to Microlok II solid state controls.
A total of 20 buses run five separate routes, every six minutes to seven minutes, both within and around the Allendale and Pew Grand Rapids campuses seven days a week.
Steve Banta, who has more than 23 years in the transit industry, has worked in progressively important management roles for several public transit agencies including in his current role as Portland, Ore. TriMet's executive director of operations.
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