The agency will combine multiple projects initially intended to be completed separately to streamline operations, maximize efficiency, and minimize disruptions, while enhancing the overall reliability and safety of this critical transit corridor.
The firm will provide project management, design, engineering, testing, inspection, commissioning, and maintenance support services for the planned procurement.
In the joint submission, the transit agencies outline significant challenges they face due to aging infrastructure, an outdated funding model that relies on regressive sources such as transit fares and property taxes, and the exceptional ridership growth forecasted for the coming decades.
WSMR is seeking to introduce direct connectivity to and from North Wales, Shropshire, the Midlands, and London that doesn’t exist today.
The Mineta Transportation Institute's study concludes that the transit workforce is not representative of the U.S. labor force in terms of either sex or race/ethnicity.