Fare gates and TVMs will eliminate cash transactions at the fare gates and help customers access the subway more quickly. Also included in the project are new station agent fare gate control terminals, test equipment, and improved financial and ridership reporting tools.
Suspect charged with five counts of willfully making a threat/maliciously conveying false information using fire and explosives, and could receive up to 10 years in prison. The charges cover bomb threat calls from five stations in Washington, D.C., between January and July.
Hart has had a long career in transportation safety, including a previous term as a member of the NTSB during the 1990s.
Report: BART officers failed to follow procedures. Canada transit commuters face parking issues. New transit system starts service in Montana.
Speakers from around the nation will lead interactive sessions on a number of key topics, including the extent and impact of distracted driving, current research, regulations and best practices.
To include disqualification for moving violations within last three years, driver’s license revocations or suspensions and any occurrence of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Since new law lifted ban on eating and drinking in MARTA rail and intermodal stations, the agency has experienced increased incidences of patrons eating and drinking on its vehicles.
Authors found that while state and local transit revenues have been pummeled by a tough economy, the effects were compounded by failures in federal policy.
The overall project is expected to generate 60,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T and T-Mobile will build, operate, maintain and own the new wireless network. The firms also will build a second wireless network, which Metro will use for public safety and operational communications.
In addition to the 12 MPXpress commuter locomotives it has ordered, Virginia Railway Express has an option to acquire an additional eight locomotives, which would bring the total value of the order to more than $73 million.
In addition to the Mass Transit Tunnel Project, money will also pay for bus, van and railcar purchases, as well as facility, track, and safety and bridge improvements throughout the system.
BART is working to eliminate an estimated $310 million, four-year deficit amid a decline in ridership, state transit funding and sales tax revenue.
Contact-less fare payment system would reduce the need for customers to carry cash or have the right denomination or currency to ride the system.
System will facilitate real-time fare collection — which reduces passenger boarding times — and simplifies fare payment.
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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