Safety blitz aimed at cutting rail crossing incidents
Events will take place at eight Charlotte, N.C., area railroad crossings over the four-day period of April 27 to 30 and will focus on increasing awareness of highway-rail grade crossing safety.
Events will take place at eight Charlotte, N.C., area railroad crossings over the four-day period of April 27 to 30 and will focus on increasing awareness of highway-rail grade crossing safety.
In promoting the new movie, Paramount Pictures is the first to use the digital projector technology to advertise in the Metrorail system. The ad for the movie will be displayed through the end of April.
The award is presented to individuals for their support for a fully developed train network and leadership in promoting rail development.
Review should take approximately four months and the cost of the contract is $127,688.
The $4.6 million grant is part of $131 million in federal stimulus funds for transit projects in the Puget Sound region. Seven miles of existing track and street crossings will be upgraded.
In just seven weeks, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved more than 2,400 requests worth $7.5 billion for highway, road, bridge and airport construction and repairs nationwide.
Other opening day topics included TOD, attractive stop and station design, and art along rail lines to attract riders.
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Located in Mississauga, the 102-foot-high wind turbine generates up to 50 kilowatts of power and could produce up to 80 percent of its Lisgar Station's power needs.
The $87.8 million project will create approximately 400 jobs locally over the course of the project through the construction contractor.
Trams feature a low floor to provide easy access for persons with reduced mobility, air conditioning, video surveillance, visual information displays and spoken announcements.
An individual switching to public transit can reduce his or her daily carbon emissions by 20 pounds or more than 4,800 pounds a year.
Transit authorities are increasingly discovering the cost-saving benefits of social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter to help market their services and the the next generation of riders on board.
Alstom's catenary-free technology offers safety for pedestrians and road users as power delivery only occurs once the conducting segment of the track is covered by the tram. Its design also allows for the preservation of urban environments and unique historic heritage of communities where it is implemented.
For those who think there is no connection between how we spend the extra money now and what we will get from that next bill, guess again.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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