Mineta Institute releases heavy rail report

Research focuses on a case study of a single heavy rail transit agency in North America that embedded a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process. It also examined the impact of RCM on availability, reliability and safety of rolling stock.

Duke U. BRT seminar focuses on building the industry

Featured the demo of a first-of-its-kind global database, developed by the International Energy Agency and EMBARQ, reporting data on all of the world’s BRT systems, including those already in operation and those in the planning.

Job Pressures Beginning to Drive Rail Transit Agenda

Although nothing new, employment generation is the renewed focus of new federal and local spending on rapid transit projects.

Holly Reed

Report: Unsafe motorcoach carriers "reincarnate' to resume risky service

Many operators, such as the operator involved in a crash in Sherman, Texas in August 2008, continue to operate under new name or sometimes even the same name.

Positively speaking

Embrace opportunities of new transportation bill despite more complicated rules and regulations.

Terry Nash, PE, ENV SP

CTA Issues RFP to Build New Red Line Extension Track Structure, Stations

The CTA is moving to the next stage in its selection of a contractor to design and build the $3.6 billion rail line extension.

Innovative Operator Profile: Expansion Efforts in Effect

People from all over the world come to Florida, so Brian Scott, vice president of Escot Bus Lines, has to think far beyond his Tampa-Orlando service area.