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The project will serve a dense suburban corridor where the existing roadway network is constrained and travel options are limited to two congested roadways.
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Network will accommodate up to 1,000 simultaneous users and include fast access to data-intensive applications, such as emergency phones, video displays in the trains and stations, and video surveillance equipment.
Read More →Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T and T-Mobile will build, operate, maintain and own the new wireless network. The firms also will build a second wireless network, which Metro will use for public safety and operational communications.
Read More →Unions are protesting six-year stalemate in contract negotions.
Read More →The state of Illinois reached an agreement with the Iowa Interstate Railroad to design construction work on its part of the 162-mile route that will eventually link Chicago to the Quad-Cities — Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Ill.
Read More →Pedestrian microsimulation is helping rail planners identify bottlenecks, test station designs, and prepare complex transit hubs for growing passenger volumes.
Read More →The final seven-mile segment of the 2 Line includes new stations at Mercer Island and Judkins Park and connects to the 1 Line at the International District/Chinatown Station. The Link light rail system now spans 63 miles and includes 50 stations.
Read More →Tampa, Fla.'s Mayor Pam Iorio plans to spend her last year in office supporting a measure to fund light rail in Hillsborough County with a 1-cent sales tax.
Read More →After years of delays, the Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors unanimously agreed to move forward with the CenterLine project, a 17.9-mile light rail system costing an estimated $1.49 billion.
Read More →Other opening day topics included TOD, attractive stop and station design, and art along rail lines to attract riders.
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