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With the approval of two contracts totaling nearly $20 million, the Maryland Transit Administration will soon begin improvements to the Baltimore Metro Subway by overhauling train wheel assemblies and installing a new public address system at stations.
Read More →Electronic fare system will replace about 300 various passes, tickets and transfers with a single card that works for all seven of the major public transportation agencies serving King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
Read More →BUS-TRACKER software records the speed, location and route taken of the bus and keeps track of passengers through mapping technology.
Read More →NTSB to meet on coach accident. Ad yanked in Toronto. Calif. agency seeking $28M in labor savings.
Read More →Officers from approximately 20 different law enforcement agencies in South Florida will join staff members and volunteers from organizations, including Tri-Rail, Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration, in distributing information about train safety.
Read More →A team of national experts, assembled by the Smart Growth Program at the EPA, has developed options designed to promote TOD along Phoenix’s new light-rail line in ways that are also consistent with Arizona’s statewide private property rights act, Proposition 207.
Read More →The methodology used by the Ethisphere Institute for naming the 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies included reviewing codes of ethics, evaluating the investment in sustainable business practices and reviewing activities designed to improve corporate citizenship.
Read More →The report, “A Report on Worldwide Hydrogen Bus Demonstrations, 2002-2007,” examined hydrogen bus demonstrations in 19 cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Read More →Wind power RECs purchased by PB will offset the release of roughly 1,870 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is the estimated equivalent of planting 1,600 acres of trees or taking 359 cars off the road for one year.
Read More →The company operates a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) reduction program, which is the backbone of its pollution prevention activities, and trains employees in product usage and waste reduction.
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