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Newsby StaffAugust 4, 2011

BART eyes Seattle transportation vet for top post

Grace Crunican, a transportation consultant since January 2010, was the chief of the Seattle Department of Transportation from 2002 to 2009.

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Newsby StaffJune 17, 2011

AECOM program supports LAX terminal planning, logistics

Technologies and systems were selected after receiving feedback from LAWA's various geospatial data stakeholders. The CALM program is made up of LAWA and AECOM staff, as well as several sub-consultants with various expertise.

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ArticlesJune 16, 2011

Consultant Achievements: DART Green Line extension

STV has worked with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) since the mid-1990s to bring a light rail network to the Dallas area.

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ArticlesJune 16, 2011

Consultant Achievements: Valley Metro Rail's Phoenix West project

InfraConsult staff members have been involved with the development of the METRO system since the early planning days and are currently providing public involvement and communication strategies services for an 11-mile planned extension of the system, the Phoenix West project.

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ArticlesJune 16, 2011

Consultant Achievements: NYC No. 7 Line Subway

The extension of the No. 7 line will provide a connection to an expanded Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the Hudson Yards area.

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ArticlesJune 16, 2011

Transit Funding, Elections Loom Large Over the Industry

With the lack of funding already beginning to take its toll, consultants believe the 2012 elections and pending reauthorization will play a huge role in how public transportation agencies are viewed down the road. Despite the outcome, many believe a new approach is needed for completing capital projects.

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From the Editor'sby Alex RomanMay 25, 2011

Is federal transportation funding back at square one?

While working on our annual Consultant Roundtable feature for the July issue, it is apparent that transportation authorization is still an extremely hot topic, as well as one that still has many scratching their heads.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2011

Miami-Dade to improve transit accounting practices

After a preliminary audit issued by the FTA claimed that Miami-Dade Transit didn’t properly account for fare collections or follow rules for using federal money, which resulted in the suspendion of $180 million in grants, the County hired consultants to correct its procedures.

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Newsby StaffOctober 28, 2010

Audit: Calif. rail group improperly documenting payments

Of the $8.9 million in payments reviewed, about 38 percent, was paid out without records showing how many hours the consultants had worked. Still, management has improved under new Chief Executive Roelof van Ark.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2010

City seeks input, hires consultant to address paratransit

Fredericton, New Brunswick's Dial-A-Bus service routinely turns away passengers due to high demand, so city officials have hired a consultant to create a five-year plan.

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