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A councilmember for Montgomery County, Md., visited Brazil and learned about a successful BRT program in the city of Curitiba. He plans to take lessons learned back to Maryland for possible application there.
Read More →Deficit is a result of ridership and sales tax revenue declines. Agency will look at fare and parking increases, service reductions and cutting expenses. Also asking its labor unions and managers to suggest cost savings.
Read More →A bill that allows for new federal rail-transit safety standards and offers federal aid for states to hire staff to enforce the new rules was introduced this week.
Read More →Study, conducted by aviation consulting firm SH&E, shows that San Jose would lose 12 percent of its passengers, Oakland 9 percent, and San Francisco 4 percent.
Read More →The work, awarded to Skanska USA, includes construction of four rail platforms and the installation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; plumbing work, fire protection, architectural finishes, and ADA compliance measures.
Read More →System will monitor and manage the location of TriMet's fleet of vehicles and personnel while improving communications between dispatchers, passengers, and operators as well as emergency and public safety responders.
Read More →Ken Westbrook will lead the company's transit operations for its bus, paratransit, brokerage and bus rapid transit contracts with transit authorities. This includes 120 locations and contracts in leading cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Seattle, Baltimore, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and others. He will be responsible for the work of over 17,000 employees organized into seven regions.
Read More →Contractors will begin installing automatic track lubricators along curving sections of the light rail tracks in Tukwila and the Rainier Valley in Seattle and will also modify a set of track switches in the Rainier Valley.
Read More →Government officials say investments in improving rail traffic will boost speed and efficiency for both freight and commuter trains.
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TransLink has averaged 1.6 million people a day, which is more than twice the normal daily average of 750,000 and well above the pre-Games forecast of 1.1 million passengers
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