ST3 will expand congestion-free light rail farther and deeper into King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. The areas Sound Transit serves are home to more than 40% of Washington's residents, 70% of its economic activity and 97% of its traffic congestion.
Will use Waze’s navigation system to identify which routes cars take most often, and try to pair drivers with people looking to travel to the same destinations.
After months of research and development and rigorous testing, the company is introducing its new GrabHold seating for mass transit buses and the newly redesigned Torino GT for motorcoach vehicles.
Recent testing identified reliability issues with the EFC system and the supplier, Schneider, has now stated they will not be able to meet the agreed reliability targets for the system.
An Interior sales and engineering office will remain in Elkhart, Ind., close to customers and suppliers in that area.
The first contract is a Manufacturing and Supply Agreement covering the design, manufacture, commissioning and entry into service of 180 new vehicles, and the second is a 35-year Train Services Agreement providing maintenance for the new vehicles.
So far, just five bus stops in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island provide arrival times, though smartphone-equipped riders can track their bus on transit apps and the MTA’s Bus Time feature.
Union leaders, though, say there are still a number of obstacles to reaching a new contract, with the biggest sticking point being the county’s plan to hire more part-time drivers, with fewer benefits than full-time drivers.
The authority’s efforts to address the problem have been constrained, the FTA report said, by chronic farebox malfunctions — which can lead to driver-passenger disputes and violence.
Railroads currently have until Dec. 31 to install the positive train control system, which some Democrats have complained is an unfunded mandate, however, and some Republicans had pushed to move it back before the Amtrak crash in May.
The alternate plan was for a "management" approach where current transit union workers would operate the streetcars.
The services may be an even more valuable resource now that the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities has ended shuttle service between and handful of local campuses.
The roughly $40,000 investment in the shuttle was made by the UAF Office of Sustainability, which is supported by a $20-per-semester fee on each student at the school.
Also, a parking app is under development to help students identify which commuter lots on the Dahlonega Campus have open spaces.
Discussions include the concept of creating a light rail speedy transit system with buses, which would include updating bus stops with Wi-Fi and developing an app that would track incoming buses.
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