Metro Magazine
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCHLoading data...
To address the need for increased capacity, NJ Transit partnered with Kinkisharyo International LLC and Twenty-First Century Rail Corp. to find an innovative, cost-effective solution that would not significantly impact the system’s infrastructure or require a costly investment in new railcars.
Read More →
Design-build contract for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project to Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC), with HNTB Corp. as lead designer.
Read More →A key half-segment of an RTD proposed light rail project is routed near the medical campus of University of Colorado. Critics argue that it could adversely impact the highly sensitive equipment being used at the university.
Read More →In energy savings mode, the energy storage unit absorbs the energy generated by braking rail vehicles and stores it until the system can safely feed it back to the power supply during vehicle acceleration.
Read More →The low number is caused by aging trains, run-down tracks, outdated scheduling and few reserve vehicles to deploy when rail vehicles break down. The agency plans to update its scheduling, hire more supervisors and put out a bid next year for a new batch of light rail vehicles, which could be in service by 2017.
Read More →The features include a 100% low floor design and the ability to operate at speeds of up to 65 mph.
Read More →During his 23 years as head of parking and transportation services, Bob W. Baker expanded parking space on campus by 50%, started the U-Pass program and advocated for the university’s interests in the Central Corridor light rail line’s intersection of campus.
Read More →The request for proposals is the final step in choosing one of three construction groups for the estimated $536-million contract to build light rail in Kitchener and Waterloo.
Read More →Per a $73 million contract, the 18 vehicles will be manufactured from start to finish at Siemens' rail vehicle manufacturing plant in Sacramento, Calif., a facility powered almost entirely by two megawatts of solar energy. The first new rail cars are expected to be delivered in August 2014.
Read More →The Metro system will include the Metro Red Line bus rapid transit on Cedar Avenue, which begins service June 22, and Metro Green Line light rail service between the downtown areas in both St. Paul and Minneapolis, with service beginning in mid-2014.
Read More →