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Frank Di Giacomo was involved in the public transportation, private motorcoach, and pupil transportation industries since 1981, when Bobit Business Media hired him as eastern sales manager for METRO and SBF.
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The resolution creating the Commission, Senate Resolution 806, defines the group's mission as "recommending the best governmental structure for a public-private partnership to design, build, operate, maintain and finance a high-speed rail system for Illinois and the Midwest."
Read More →While Amtrak pays private companies in the middle of the U.S. to run its low-speed passenger trains on freight rail tracks, high-speed trains will need their own tracks, depriving the freight rail system of some of that revenue.
Read More →The bill (HB 155) calls for soliciting proposals from companies that want to manage the authority. The winning bidder would receive a contract for a minimum of five years.
Read More →The Senate Insurance Committee is considering a bill that would force transportation networks to boost protection for drivers cruising for riders in California.
Read More →The GoldLinQ consortium has successfully delivered the 8 mile light rail line with 16 stations and 14 distinctive, modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams in just three years, as part of an 18-year public-private partnership with the Government of Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.
Read More →Ann Derby, director of marketing and events for INIT Innovations in Transportation Inc., got her start in education.
Read More →The grant will fund approximately 39% of the $38 million project, and will leverage more than $23 million in additional state, local, and private funds.
Read More →The change in operations came as a natural result of Central Midlands being the last transportation system in the United States that was owned and operated by a private utility company.
Read More →The Denver RTD is the first transit agency in the nation to successfully pursue a comprehensive public-private partnership that encompasses the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of its regional transit projects.
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