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Agency will use funding to purchase: 10 new 30-foot gasoline-electric hybrid buses for use on neighborhood Mini Blue lines; three 60-foot flexible articulated buses that will be added to the busy Rapid 3 and Rapid 7 lines; and up to three 40-foot alternative fueled buses (manufactured by ElDorado National) that will replace several of the agency’s older diesel models.
Read More →In remarks to the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., Secretary LaHood told the gathering of urban officials that the U.S. DOT has moved quickly to release funds to state offices and transit agencies.
Read More →The initial phase of the contract calls for spending $632 million and is expected to create 25,000 jobs, including a combined $90 million in utility work on the North and Southeast Corridors and $390 million in total costs for the East End Corridor.
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New opportunities created by the Charter Bus Rules were also topics of discussion. Operators were urged to partner with local operators that have historically been looked at as the competition.
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Despite an expected infusion of investment, many of the same issues that plague the general economy — a credit crisis, unreliable energy supplies, outmoded labor practices and the ability to adjust quickly to sudden market changes — make it some of the worst of times for transit.
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Other topics included sustainability and workforce development initiatives; public-private partnerships; and a session on the impact of the current economic conditions on the transit industry.
Read More →The amendment would appropriate an additional $1.5 billion for transit formula funding and $1.5 billion for the New Starts program.
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