METRO Briefs
IBM seeks share of high-speed rail. Seattle transit debuts talking buses. MBTA proposes rail hikes, service cuts.
IBM seeks share of high-speed rail. Seattle transit debuts talking buses. MBTA proposes rail hikes, service cuts.
Actions were required to implement the balanced budget passed by the agency's Board in December, which closed an approximately $1.2 billion deficit.
Agency will use funding to purchase: 10 new 30-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses for use on neighborhood Mini Blue lines; three 60-foot flexible articulated buses that will be added to the busy Rapid 3 and Rapid 7 lines; and up to three 40-foot alternative fueled buses (manufactured by ElDorado National) that will replace several of the agency’s older diesel models.
Two employees were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third employee was placed on life support and died at the University of California San Diego Medical Center.
Advanced battery technology comprises the use of lightweight, non-corroding and non-sulfating microcell foam plates to replace the heavy non-conductive lead metal plates typical of traditional lead acid batteries.
Agencies jointly funded a study by Reconnecting America's Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) in 2007 that showed that cost of living was dependent on the costs of housing and transportation combined.
Greenhouse gas and energy reduction grant will be awarded on the basis of how much the proposed capital investment is expected to reduce either energy consumption or greenhouse gases. Funds will provide grants to Indian tribes for capital expenditures including transit equipment and facilities.
Company hosted more than 80 representatives from 39 IC Bus dealers in a two-day meeting. Plans for the coming year were outlined and an awards ceremony was held.
Social networking tool provides another avenue to communicate with customers, reaching a segment of the Metro riding population who readily turn to portable electronic devices for information.
Orders represent components for the second option order of 382 cars, which are to be delivered over the next two years.
Program, called Go Rio, allows students carrying 12 or more semester units to buy a $3 pass that gives them free access to buses operated by Los Angeles Metro, Foothill Transit, Norwalk Transit, Montebello Bus Lines and Sunshine Shuttle.
Retired executive drives students between the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, two Catholic liberal arts colleges located about 5 miles apart near St. Cloud, Minn.
New 16,000-square-foot facility features a vehicle garage, driver training facility and operations center for the Regional Traveler Information Center.
Georgia pays Bluffton bus victims $3M. King County Metro: fed cash to fuel growth. North Texas leaders support transit bill.
Analyses conducted by the FTA, an engineering firm and Sound Transit all concluded that, despite forged information related to the grade of steel used in some guideway foundations, the system is structurally sound.
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