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Newsby StaffMay 28, 2015

Stertil-Koni reports record 2014 sales, honors top distributors

Company President Dr. Jean DellAmore saluted the efforts of the entire Stertil-Koni distributor network at its recent annual meeting and welcomed twelve companies into the company’s highly acclaimed “Million Dollar Club.”

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Newsby StaffMay 12, 2015

Alstom joint venture inaugurates Algerian assembly, maintenance site

Created in 2011 to assemble and maintain the Alstom Citadis trams for Algerian cities, CITAL, which includes Alstom, EMA and Ferrovial, supports the industrialization of the country and boosts the local economy.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 14, 2015

VTMI tapped for South Florida rail maintenance

The contract encompasses potential additional opportunities to provide rail infrastructure work for capital improvement projects upon request. VTMI is a Transdev company.

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Newsby StaffDecember 24, 2014

Alstom awarded maintenance contracts for regional trains in Sweden

With these new contracts, the number of trains maintained by Alstom in Sweden is 219.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2014

Coast RTA works to turn maintenance shop around

The agency has since repaired a maintenance pit, lessened the amount of parts it keeps on site and began working on getting rid of buses it could no longer use based on recommendations.

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Newsby StaffOctober 14, 2014

Knockout Downtime with Rotary Lift’s New MOD35 Inground Lift

MOD30 has been the best-selling lift in its class for 12 years, with more than 1,100 installed. The MOD35 Series continues the “championship” reign by adding best-in-class lifting capacity and clear bay space, patent-pending pendant controls and a lower installation cost.

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Newsby StaffOctober 3, 2014

San Diego MTS investing $54M to rebuild bus facilities

The agency is celebrating the completion of a $30 million facility in the South Bay and groundbreaking on a $24 million facility in East County.

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Green Viewsby Dave WalshAugust 11, 2014

How to Maximize Peak Performance from New Transit Maintenance Facilities

Building new maintenance facilities for transit agencies are rarities, but when agencies do build them, it’s critical to design and build to the highest performance possible — these facilities and their efficiencies will live on for decades. As part of preserving limited revenue, agencies are focusing on how efficiently design facilities can help the bottom line.

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Green Viewsby Jennifer TurchinMay 23, 2014

8 Ways to Make Your Transit Maintenance Facility More Efficient

Maintenance facilities are the operational backbone of transit agencies, helping wash, clean and maintain thousands of buses, railcars and ferries each and every day. This regular maintenance makes them huge consumers of water and energy (and money). Many cities across the country are mandating transit agencies create more efficient facilities not only as good stewards of the environment, but also to help the bottom line.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 24, 2014

New Miss. maintenance facility to improve tribal transit service

FTA provided approximately $2.4 million in ARRA funds toward the $2.5 million facility. Remaining funds were provided by Mississippi Department of Transportation.

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