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FRA Announces $5.3B in Rail Investments, Including $2B for Amtrak
Funding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHFunding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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With this order, the MTA is taking up the second option on a contract originally awarded to Alstom and Kawasaki in 2002. Alstom’s share of the latest order represents approximately $491 million and covers the production of 242 metro cars.
Read More →Agreement will allow RTD to acquire property from Union Pacific subject to RTD performing certain railroad relocation and/or entering into certain shared-use agreements.
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Contract valued at approximately $380 million for the design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, testing, commissioning and delivery of the driverless MOVIA metro vehicles consisting of 3-car trainsets.
Read More →New Mexico passes transportation tax. National park may propose transit. Arizona unveils green transportation center.
Read More →Overall, 41 transportation ballot measures in 18 states appeared on ballots in 2008, 15 of which were decided earlier, leaving 26 measures in 15 states still to be voted on.
Read More →Tri-Rail is one of the few commuter rail systems in the country that can operate on such a pure blend of fuel, due to South Florida’s temperate climate.
Read More →Testifying before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, APTA Chair Dr. Beverly Scott, who is also GM/CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), said that APTA has just completed a new survey that identified more than $8 billion in “ready-to-go” projects from 170 public transit systems that could start within 90 days of federal funding being made available.
Read More →Asked if DART's services are better than last year, 87 percent say yes, compared to 77 percent in 2007, while 96 percent say they'd recommend DART to others, compared to 93 percent a year ago.
Read More →U. of Ala. to study hydrogen buses. Toronto smart card project to launch in 2010. AIG collapse may cause transit service cuts.
Read More →Emphasizing the need to employ every kind of transportation to meet future demands, AASHTO calls for an overall $545 billion investment from 2010 through 2015 for highways, transit, freight movement and intercity passenger rail.
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