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Richard J. Palmieri will be the VP of business development for rail, reporting to Ron Hartman, CEO of Veolia Transportation's rail division. He previously worked with Siemens Infrastructure & Cities as director of business development.
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Abellio Rail NRW GmbH will operate the trains on the Saale-Thuringia-South Harz network in Germany. The order is valued at approximately $ 226 million.
Read More →Bombardier Transportation submitted a winning bid valued at approximately $204.6 million over the five-year, eight-month contract term. The contract also includes a five-year renewal option, valued at $205 million.
Read More →Agency will receive 150 more railcars valued at approximately $266 million. The order represents the exercise of an option under a contract signed on June 14.
Read More →The University of Wisconsin's 2014 biennial transportation survey report released last month found that in good weather 49% of students opted to walk to class, 22% chose to bike and 18% elected to take the bus. The report also found that about one-fifth of students currently use Madison Metro on a given day.
Read More →Acquired firm provides facility operations, maintenance and management; logistics support; and facility optimization analysis and planning for many industries, including transportation and U.S. federal, state and local governments.
Read More →...as a transportation planner who has worked on bus rapid transit-style systems in the greater Washington region, I’ve noticed a disconnect in the public’s expectations versus the reality of the systems they’re getting. It got me wondering: do people have an accurate picture of what BRT means or the benefits the systems provide? During public-planning sessions, I’ve heard a lot of feedback on BRT. The gist is, “That’s really nice that the bus is a different color and the station platform is fancy, but I just want it to be on time.”
Read More →The service allows brands to place advertisements within a transit agency’s mobile traveler app and/or physical assets such as gates and ticket vending machines.
Read More →Joint venture between transportation component makers supplies brake systems components.
Read More →It found that countries with advanced economies account for a growing percentage of incidents worldwide, with the U.S. taking the lead in the total number of incidents and number of fatalities.
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