The new system will allow Trenitalia, which serves more than one million passengers per day, to increase the safety of train operations, while enabling higher traffic density through greater speed.
Participants will review best practices and explore options for expanding transit infrastructure and services through public-private partnerships.
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Providing new capabilities for an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones.
In remarks to the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., Secretary LaHood told the gathering of urban officials that the U.S. DOT has moved quickly to release funds to state offices and transit agencies.
Together, the Altamont Corridor and the Caltrain Corridor projects are worth more than $70 million.
Projects identified by members are spread out geographically and will provide operational and capacity benefits to passenger and freight operations.
Contract, valued at $16.9 million, relates to a 36-mile extension to two sections of the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed link.
Funding will roughly double the size of Amtrak’s capital investment program over a two-year period and be used to upgrade railroad assets and infrastructure, as well as capital projects that expand passenger rail capacity.
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Work at any one location will be completed in one to two nights, with the entire project to be completed by April 13.
The contract should be signed by Ansaldo STS, AnsaldoBreda and DORTS in early April, with work expected to begin by the end of 2015.
Board also approved the appointment of Karen Walker as treasurer for CTA. In addition to her duties as treasurer, Walker will also assume the position of chief financial officer.
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Project includes overall design of the vehicle; integration of the vehicle systems; bogie design; and the supply of propulsion, electrical and communication systems.
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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