Valley Metro light rail approved for final design

FTA approval for the final design keeps the Phoenix project on schedule to begin construction by this time next year and open in late 2006.

Dallas airport links terminals with SkyLink

The new $2.6 billion SkyLink automated peoplemover system is scheduled to open in 2005.

Atlanta battles sprawl with project competition

Twenty years from now, Atlanta, once ridiculed as the “Queen of Sprawl,” may be transformed into a landscape traversed by commuter rail, light rail, buses and pedestrian paths that link neighborhoods and communities.

Parsons wins Charlotte, N.C., light rail project

Final design work on the the 9.6-mile system will begin this summer, with a projected opening for revenue service scheduled for 2006.

ALSTOM Transport

Grand jury report OKs OCTA light rail project

Planners for the $1.2 billion Orange County, Calif., project estimate 21,800 passengers will ride on opening day.

Bombardier wins $5.3 billion U.K. subway contract

The 15-year contract includes the supply of rolling stock, signaling, maintenance and project management of the subway.

Florida DOT receives $10 million for ITS project

The project, which will demonstrate innovative techniques for collecting, integrating and using surface transportation data, calls for a two-year deployment.

PB/Wong venture designs San Francisco LRT extension

Project elements include 1.7 miles of tunnel, four undergropund stations and one surface station.

Parsons Brinckerhoff