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Will connect Cincinnati's riverfront and downtown employers with Findlay Market and the Over-the Rhine historic district, revitalizing neighborhoods along the route and giving people greater mobility and access to jobs and services.
Read More →The 12th National Light Rail Conference,"Sustaining the Metropolis: LRT and Streetcars for Super Cities," will be held Nov. 12 to 13, 2012, in Salt Lake City.
Read More →By giving greater emphasis to evaluation criteria concerning environmental benefits and local economic impact, it would be possible for FTA to consider a variety of smaller-scale projects that might better meet a community's needs, including streetcars and rapid bus services.
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Estimates a BRT system would cost $136 million to construct, less than half the $275 million required for streetcars. The number of trips riders would make on either system would be about the same, 4,500 average weekday trips on BRT versus 4,800 on streetcars in the first year.
Read More →Will prepare final design documents for the second phase of the expansion, which spans more than a mile of the established Rampart/St. Claude transit corridor in the heart of the city and serves the French Quarter as well as other historic neighborhoods.
Read More →Currently, a shuttle is the university's only transportation system to the Med School and affiliated hospitals.
Read More →The six streetcar bodies, being designed by Czech Republic-based Inekon, will be delivered to Pacifica Marine for final assembly, testing and maintenance. The vehicles will begin service for the First Hill line in late 2013.
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Was a member of the SFMTA board of directors for more than four years and was especially admired for his transit expertise and passion for public transportation. His career in transportation spanned 44 years, including 25 years with the Sacramento Regional Transit District.
Read More →The streetcar line is expected to be completed by 2015.
Read More →To meet customer demand for the new low-floor streetcar market, Thermo King is launching a custom mid-size HVAC unit to provide a reliable, compact and efficient solution. Engineers at Thermo King worked closely with key railcar manufacturers to produce this new unit.
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