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The agency is working with project sponsors and jurisdictional partners to find easy and cost effective ways to integrate the various light rail systems planned for the region. The $250,000 regional study will be paid for by the jurisdictions that fund Metro.
Read More →Bombardier Transportation will provide 100 multilevel vehicles to New Jersey Transit. Kawasaki Railcar Inc. is supplying Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority with 364 vehicles.
Read More →After the past two very challenging years, 2011 seems to have gotten off to a good start for transit.
Read More →The $1.4 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2012 maintains the current level of rail, bus and paratransit services. The agency is doing more, while becoming more resource efficient. More than 91 cents of every Metro operating dollar directly funds core services, with only 9 cents funding support functions.
Read More →Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia will also provide $150 million in matching local funds to help pay for the improvements.
Read More →Wireless contract is expected to generate approximately $25 million for Metro during the initial 15-year contract and an additional $27 million during the five, two-year renewal terms.
Read More →BrowseAloud reads aloud text as the user moves the cursor over words. Software is intended to help anyone who has difficulty reading online, including people with mild visual impairments, low literacy and reading skills, and learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
Read More →Board discovered that a failure occurred in which a spurious signal generated by a track circuit module transmitter mimicked a valid signal and bypassed the rails via an unintended signal path. Issued nine safety recommendations.
Read More →D.C. Metro partners with suicide prevention groups. Weekend riders drive Valley Metro ridership. San Francisco HSR station spot still undecided.
Read More →Additional actions taken by Metro in preparation for a regional flu event include coordinating planning with federal, state and local governments, including health departments and emergency management agencies, and establishing a customer outreach program with a Website.
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