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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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Although nothing new, employment generation is the renewed focus of new federal and local spending on rapid transit projects.
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Will deliver its Cityflo 650 solution for Line 5 of the São Paulo Metro in Brazil. The new system will enable trains to circulate safely with a short 75-second headway.
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The completion of tunneling marks a major milestone in the $4.45 billion project that will provide service from 96th Street to 63rd Street as an extension of the Q train.
Read More →Transit use has been steadily rising since 2006 — from 54.2 percent of New Yorkers in the five boroughs in 2006 to 55.7 percent in 2010.
Read More →Plans to consolidate three of its core services from centers in different parts of Baltimore in a downtown hub under a $15.4 million contract to integrate and update operations.
Read More →Despite budget problems, the agency is looking to add customer service representatives and a new 24-hour interactive phone system to accommodate an increase in calls when it launches its electronic fare collection system next year.
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Raising fares and cutting service were top ways transit systems were handling the problem. The average transit executive salary totals $119,000, while the average time spent in the industry was 24 years.
Read More →Profiles of influential people in the public transportation industry on both the public and private sides, from small businesses to large municipal agencies.
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The office of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter along with the City of Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and green roofing company, Roofmeadow, partnered on the project.
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Opened to the public to long lines of excited patrons who arrived at stations one-half hour before the 6 a.m. start of service.
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