Siemens lands Finland driverless Metro project
Fully automated line scheduled to go into operation in the Finnish capital in 2013. Work will be carried out without any interruption in service and without replacing any of the existing trains.
Fully automated line scheduled to go into operation in the Finnish capital in 2013. Work will be carried out without any interruption in service and without replacing any of the existing trains.
Test runs are to be performed on a 106-mile section of France's Eastern high-speed line between the Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine stations.
Decision supports State’s selection of preferred alignment and station locations, and considers the environmental benefits and adverse impacts associated with the preferred network alternative.
Touted as the "Grand Central of the West", the center will serve more than 100,000 people per day through nine transportation systems once completed in 2014.
Agency also testing new floors, spring-loaded overhead handles on its series 6000 railcars and is currently installing nylon straps on up to 266 railcars.
The new Coradia Nordic EMUs (Electric Multiple Unit) have four articulated cars and can reach approximately 112 miles per hour. The trainsets will be designed and assembled at Alstom’s Salzgitter site in Germany while the ONIX traction system will be constructed at the site in Tarbes, France. They will be delivered by autumn 2010.
Customers will be able to create an account using their mobile phone number and a credit/debit card, and have their parking fee automatically deducted from their account.
Americans drove 3.5 percent less, or 8.9 billion fewer vehicle miles traveled, in October 2008 than October 2007, making it the sharpest decline of any October since 1971.
New system features touch-activated, tactile map of station, vivid visual displays for the partially sighted and a voice designed for phonetic clarity.
Company financed the transaction with proceeds from a new, $500 million credit facility, which consists of a $200 million term loan and a $300 million revolving line of credit.
Parry Transit, the new American unit of Parry U.K., will plan, design and deploy Parry streetcar systems for the U.S. market.
Colorado may get new green transportation option. BRT system proposed to ease gridlock. Phoenix fare evaders to be fined.
Twenty-two hands-free, ADA compliant phones will be installed at each stop and communicate with the EmVista Central system at St. George via an IP network, enabling operators to initiate, receive and monitor calls for any type of situation.
Third quarter's 6.5 percent transit ridership increase continues the trend of more and more Americans turning to public transportation in record numbers, according to APTA.
The transport and logistics branch of French Railways has confirmed a contract with Bombardier Transportation to supply 80 interoperable diesel electric TRAXX F140 DE locomotives.
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