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Railby StaffApril 14, 2009

Hatch Mott MacDonald awarded TriMet contract

Construction on the new MAX line could begin in 2011 and be completed by 2015.

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Busby StaffApril 14, 2009

OCTA Website details stimulus funded projects

An interactive map allows residents to view projects in their immediate area. In addition, there’s a section where the public can provide comments, sign up to receive e-mail updates or follow projects on Twitter and Facebook.

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Busby StaffApril 14, 2009

Canadian ATU wants changes to Criminal Code

Bill C-314 attempts to amend the Criminal Code to protect public transportation workers, by increasing the punishment for aggravated assault when the victim is a public transportation worker.

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Railby StaffApril 14, 2009

Foundation awards $35M to Detroit rail project

As with past grants of similar magnitude, the trustees conditioned payments, which will be made over four years, on meeting a series of project benchmarks.

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Motorcoachby StaffApril 14, 2009

Daimler taps Manzi for sales team

John J. Manzi joins Daimler Buses with more than 20 years of sales and management experience in the bus and transportation industry.

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Eaton adds Spanish, French language courses

Eaton continues to emphasize electrohydraulics through class laboratory work with its new Programmable Motion-Control Training (PMCT) System and redesigned Portable Electrohydraulic Training Simulator (PETS).

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

MBTA, American Red Cross launch campaign

The public awareness campaign promotes the importance of preparing for a disaster before it strikes, and includes the placement of 300 educational car cards throughout the MBTA system.

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Utah State shuttle bus system marks 850,000th rider

A student at Utah State University (USU) in Logan received an unexpected surprise last week when she was greeted by USU President Stan Albrecht as she stepped off an Aggie Shuttle bus.

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Go West Transit seeks university transit coordinator

Would help to oversee a 30-bus, 12-route, 75-employee municipal transit system. Duties would include monitoring the contract with the service provider and the city, participating in planning and design of routes, completing monthly operating reports and quarterly audits and monitoring ridership and segment analysis.

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Razorback Transit benefits from stimulus funding

Transit program is receiving $1.26 million in stimulus funding, most of which will be spent to procure three new buses at a cost of about $332,000 each, for a total of $996,000.

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