AAAHI Named METRO's Innovative Operator of the Year
Trisha Fridrich, VP, business development and marketing, was on hand to accept the award during the ABA's Operator Breakfast at Marketplace in Nashville.
Trisha Fridrich, VP, business development and marketing, was on hand to accept the award during the ABA's Operator Breakfast at Marketplace in Nashville.
The unions, with whom the company has had strong working relationships since 1976 and 1968, respectively, voted with a resounding 94% endorsement for the new five-year contract.
The acquisition will add heavy-duty transit buses to Phoenix's existing product line of medium-duty shuttle and school buses.
Thanks to a revised schedule, and an accelerated monthly delivery rate of new railcars, the project is expected to cost $394 million less than when the contract was awarded in 2012.
In a letter, APTA President/CEO said “At a minimum, we urge the THUD Appropriations Act, together with advance appropriations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to provide $21.1 billion for public transit and $16.7 billion for passenger rail, as passed by the Senate..."
To sweeten the deal even more, the board also recently approved pay increases for these essential positions, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
Here are the latest management moves in the public transit agency.
TEXRail offered free rides throughout the service day on Jan. 10, to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
As part of BIL, the Administration made several investments, including upgrading rail service on the Northeast Corridor, reducing Amtrak and commuter rail delays for over 200 million trips annually.
The identification of the shortlisted teams is a crucial step toward the release of the Request for Proposals and procurement of state-of-the-art electrified high-speed trainsets capable of operating at speeds up to 220 mph.
The newly appointed officers will serve a two-year term starting January 2024.
NVTC's Ann McGrane discussed the agency's Northern Virginia Zero-Emission Bus Strategic Plan and how the agency is moving forward with its emissions efforts.
Most recently, Inez Evans was the first black female president and CEO of IndyGo, the largest transit agency in Indiana, where she was a champion for BRT and zero-emission buses.
The project is the final phase of a mixed-use joint development helping spur the transformation of the surrounding North Bethesda Pike District.
The full restoration of service will come two days after the collision incident, following the removal of two incident trains from the 96 Street subway tunnel, repairs to the tunnel’s tracks and the third rail, and a safety inspection of the tunnel area.
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