Seattle coach co. linked to scandal up for auction
MTR Western is the biggest asset in the bankruptcy estate of Darren Berg, who's been charged by federal prosecutors with running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $100 million.
MTR Western is the biggest asset in the bankruptcy estate of Darren Berg, who's been charged by federal prosecutors with running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $100 million.
The first bus will be sent to Altoona for safety testing. The EcoRide BE35 will be the first all-electric bus that the center will be testing and once completed, allows Proterra to mass produce and sell the bus on a commercial scale.
After becoming a popular alternative to air and car travel in the Northeast Corridor, the operator plans to build onto its success with a plan for a bullet train that would run at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.
The agency needs to fill more than 210 vacant positions for bus operators, train operators and station managers. A hiring freeze, stricter standards and retiring operators are behind the majority of staff losses.
After the state repays the $271M it owes the federal government for canceling the Access to the Region’s Core commuter-rail tunnel project, the FTA will return $128 million, so New Jersey can replenish other state transportation accounts that were depleted to finance the project.
Transit officials knew that The Tide project would cost more than the $232 million figure they gave to the government back in 2007.
Some of the new transit shelters will use third-generation organic-dye-based photovoltaic solar film to power the shelter lights and information systems. The structures of the new shelters use steel with high-recycled content as well as energy-efficient LEDs.
The patented and proprietary designs for hybrid and all-electric buses significantly reduce emissions and provide lower total life-cycle operational costs, according to the company.
Tribal Transit program funds will provide grants to tribes for 59 separate projects, including transit equipment purchases and facility construction and improvements.
An estimated $2.2 trillion investment is needed over the next five years just to get America's entire current infrastructure into "good condition" — an increase of 38 percent from five years ago.
Research focuses on a case study of a single heavy rail transit agency in North America that embedded a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process. It also examined the impact of RCM on availability, reliability and safety of rolling stock.
While there are similarities, the U.S. DOT's operating administrations have different Buy America statutory provisions. The new website will provide access to each agency's Buy America provisions, requirements and waiver processes on one website.
System installation for the 400 buses is set to begin during the first quarter of next year and be completed by early 2012.
Part-time bus driver, Darlene Coleman, on the job less than two-and-a-half years, brightens the day of her passengers with her "big personality."
The vehicles will be manufactured at Bombardier Transportation’s Görlitz facility in Germany and in Israel.
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