New connecting tunnels could be part of the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure before voters in November 2016, according to the report.
Workers have completed construction of a subterranean ventilation facility below East 55th Street in Manhattan, and $56.2 million in infrastructure improvements to Harold Interlocking, in Sunnyside, Queens, the busiest passenger train junction in the U.S. and the place where the tracks for the connection to Grand Central will meet with the LIRR.
The Wayfindr uses beacon technology to guide vision impaired people through and around urban environments using their smartphones.
The new law, paid for with gas tax revenue and a package of $70 billion in offsets from other areas of the federal budget, will invest $61 billion in the nation’s public transportation systems, according to APTA.
Action was taken to accept the resignation of CEO Stephen R. Banta and place him on administrative leave effective immediately.