The Urbitran Group has been awarded a $2.7 million, two-year contract to provide consulting services for parking expansion, development, station access studies, new stations, facilities and long-term development for MTA Metro-North Railroad. With an option renewal, the contract's total value is $5 million. The project involves system-wide site assessment, parking improvement design, strategic facility development and the creation of design/build documents. MTA's Metro-North Railroad provides more than 240,000 customer trips each weekday.
Urbitran wins New York railroad contract
The two-year contract includes consulting services for parking expansion, development, station access studies, new stations, facilities and long-term development for the MTA Metro-North Railroad.
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