Baltimore launches eco-friendly shuttle service
Charm City Circulator is a fleet of 21 eco-friendly buses that will travel along three routes in Baltimore City.
Charm City Circulator is a fleet of 21 eco-friendly buses that will travel along three routes in Baltimore City.
Cuts would be deeper than those approved last November.
Terre Haute Transit selected the vehicles in part for the environmental benefits. MidWest Transit Equipment managed the sale.
Riders can save on average $770 per month. Amount is based on the cost of the national averages for parking and driving, as well as the January 11 national average gas price of $2.75 per gallon for self-serve regular gasoline as reported by AAA.
Train control systems such as PTC are now mandatory for most passenger rail operations and for trains hauling certain hazardous materials, but are not required for closed passenger rail systems such as light rail, rapid transit and subways.
Contracts with parking shuttle and ground transportation operators at international airports in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and Las Vegas.
The initial contract, signed in October 2009, totaled $1.1 billion for the supply of 100 Coradia Polyvalent trains. The first 119 trainsets will be distributed beginning in 2013, with the total number of trains potentially reaching 1,000 units and generating over $10 billion.
Plans include replacing and expanding fleet of locomotives and passenger railcars with the purchase of several hundred single-level and bi-level long distance passenger railcars and more than a hundred locomotives.
Overhaul ordered by new MTA Chairman Jay Walder on the first day on the job last fall.
CEO to part agency in February.
Platforms at 16 stations were extended to provide space for eight-car trains resulting in a one-third increase in capacity over the six-car configuration. Eight-car train operation began on March 30, 2008.
MagneMotion Inc., a company founded by Richard D. Thornton, emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a $7.9-million grant in 2008 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to conduct a three-phase test of its patented Maglev technology.
University cites desire to lessen carbon footprint.
The buses will be put out for bid this spring and should arrive in eight months to a year, depending on manufacturer lead times.
Positive results during a pilot program are spurring the agency to bring text messaging capability to all its bus lines and, eventually, provide real-time bus updates rather than just scheduled arrivals.
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