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They are expected to save the City an estimated $325,000 per bus in operating costs over their lifespan.
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The $1.2 million vehicle functions as a communication and command center for major sporting events, emergencies, and natural disasters.
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The tour focused on bus dispatch, route scheduling, bus traffic control, safety and security techniques, and vehicle maintenance and repair.
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Implementation of the TrueTime system began on buses in 2013. The entire fleet of more than 700 buses was online by early 2015.
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“It’s our hope that our research findings will guide standards that will make buses more accessible to all,” says UB prof. Victor Paquet.
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The new commuter trains for TEXRail have been designed to reach maximum speeds of 81 mph and boast a coupled length of 266 feet each.
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Ober’s nomination covered an outstanding career in the public transit industry. He began his career at the Port Authority of Allegheny County in the early 1970’s. In 1980, Ober was appointed by the Beaver County Commissioners as an inaugural member of the Beaver County Transit Authority (BCTA) Board of Directors. He has been appointed to seven consecutive five-year terms on the Board. Since 1985, the BCTA Board of Directors went on to elect him chairman 17 times.
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As part of its services, LAN will provide rail system guideway design, additions or modifications to existing guideway, signal system design, rail bridge engineering and inspection, station design, schedule modeling, and emergency railroad engineering services.
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METRO asked some of the top execs in the industry what they are doing to provide comprehensive training to both driver and maintenance staff.
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Growing up in Panama City, Panama, Nuria Fernandez’s earliest experience with transit was riding what she calls the “rather unorthodox bus system” of her hometown.
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