HDR acquires iTrans Consulting
Founded in Toronto in 1996, iTRANS employs 120 professionals and specializes in transportation planning and design, traffic engineering, safety and transportation systems.
Founded in Toronto in 1996, iTRANS employs 120 professionals and specializes in transportation planning and design, traffic engineering, safety and transportation systems.
The majority of the grants funded through ARRA will be used to purchase new vehicles; increase safety and security initiatives; and construct, rehabilitate or maintain the various transit systems.
Law will ban any driver or conductor from using electronic devices while inside any public or private transportation vehicle. The legislation will also heavily penalize those who put the public’s safety at risk.
This news comes on the heels of the FTA's announcement on July 14, awarding the SFRTA/Tri-Rail $2.5 million in stimulus funds, under Urbanized Area Formula Funds, to be used for the purchase of one locomotive.
Once revenue service begins, Veolia Transportation will be responsible for all aspects of the new light rail network for an initial period of five years which can be extended up to 35 years.
The ADA Liberty Progress Award is granted to a community organization or advocate whose intent and actions embrace the accessibility, inclusion and advancement of Arizonans with disabilities.
The study also determined the expansion will create 32,095 job-years of employment, or an average of 6,400 jobs each year for the next five years.
Will provide 12 trainsets composed of four cars each, featuring a signaling system for automatic train operation, low floors and illuminated information boards.
Trio of senators to tour Tri-Rail and discuss funding challenges.
Will partner to establish high-speed train service in the Los Angeles Corridor, utilizing Metro-owned facilities and rights-of-way.
Company honored by local business journal for ability to be progressive in benefit packages, employee incentives, innovative work styles, community service and the “fun factor."
Two signal companies, Ansaldo STS USA and Alstom Signaling Inc., which designed and manufactured the automatic train control components for the Metro system, are providing technical assistance to the NTSB investigation.
Immediate safety steps taken include hourly announcements to all operators reminding them it is a rule violation to cut-out or bypass any vehicle function or change operating modes without approval from Central Control.
Rail crash safeguards not always used. Foreign rail firms looking to stimulus . Motorcoach from 1937 rescued, renovated.
Records show that six additional track circuits failed to detect the presence of trains. The cause of the problem is still not known.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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