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The aggressive capital program, known as Metro Forward, includes projects to replace 95 buses; rehabilitate 100 buses, 42 escalators and 21 elevators; install event recorders on the 1000- and 4000-series railcars, and continue the rehabilitation of track and structures maintenance on the Red, Orange and Blue lines.
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Planned improvements along First Avenue South aim to ease bus merging delays, enhance safety, and keep buses moving in traffic lanes.
Read More →Will reduce the cost of the Phase 2 project by hundreds of millions of dollars and keep tolls more affordable for Dulles Toll Road users. The Commonwealth of Virginia will contribute $150 million to Phase 2. The Dulles Silver Line Rail project will be eligible for federal assistance under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program.
Read More →The agency is adding more weekly trips and new routes to boost Eastside transit and connect more riders to Sound Transit’s 2 Line.
Read More →Some members of Congress have proposed pushing back the deadline, with the Senate recently passing a bill that would extend the deadline to 2018.
Read More →Agency has increased security since documents seized from Osama Bin Laden's compound revealed al-Qaida planned to derail trains in the U.S.
Read More →Says it places too many restrictions on how transit systems can spend the money that is allocated to them in the legislation.
Read More →Proposed bill would provide $2 billion in assistance, reversing service cuts and layoffs in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Read More →Flaws in personnel screening and safety equipment were behind two light rail accidents last year at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
Read More →While no talks are currently scheduled, SEPTA says they hope to continue negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen soon.
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