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Highlighted a national trend of city and state leaders harnessing billions in public transportation spending through a new, innovative U.S. Employment Plan – an incentives-based approach to reward manufacturing companies for creating high quality American jobs, hiring and training diverse workers, and investing in U.S. factories.
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Sarles has helmed Metro at a time that has seen massive reinvestment in rebuilding the rail system, the expansion of the Silver Line, the procurement of new 7000 series cars and updating the bus fleet, according to the report.
Read More →Alternative fuels will also be addressed in a session led by Lynn McLean of the Flint (Mich.) Mass Transportation Authority on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 8:30am, where a case study on implementing propane autogas will be explored.
Read More →Chicago Transit Authority's new solicitation for bids will ask manufacturing companies to disclose plans to create American jobs and opportunities for disadvantaged American workers, and evaluates the quality of their responses with a system of price credits.
Read More →Will deliver the 40-foot heavy duty buses to Richmond Hill, Ontario-based York Region Transit by the end of the third quarter of 2014.
Read More →The FTA had earlier notified LBT that BYD submitted an invalid DBE certification during the procurement process leading to the original April 29, 2013 agreement, and that the contract between LBT and BYD Motors Inc. was therefore not eligible for federal funding.
Read More →The procurement is being done on behalf of the DOTs from five states: Illinois, California, Michigan, Washington and Missouri.
Read More →David Green also discussed the importance of adding service so residents could have more access to jobs.
Read More →The Illinois DOT is leading the multi-state locomotive procurement, with first deliveries expected in 2016.
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