Testifying before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, APTA Chair Dr. Beverly Scott, who is also GM/CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), said that APTA has just completed a new survey that identified more than $8 billion in “ready-to-go” projects from 170 public transit systems that could start within 90 days of federal funding being made available.
Read More →Committee will receive testimony from numerous industry experts and public officials on the need for greater infrastructure investment and the role that investment can play in leading the country out of its economic slump.
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The delivery of 10 three-car Contessa trains, valued at approximately $118 million, are capable of crossing the bridge between Denmark and Sweden despite the different rail infrastructures used in both countries.
Read More →Purchase will help strengthen global infrastructure practice.
Read More →The Urban Land Institute calls the relatively low U.S. investment in mobility-related infrastructure an "emerging crisis."
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Charlotte, N.C., is on the cusp of bringing to fruition its first light-rail project, while its neighbor, Raleigh-Durham, has seen its rail project fall into disarray. Differences in geography, infrastructure, politics and funding help explain the divergent outcomes.
Read More →U.S. development gaps threaten ability to compete globally.
Read More →$2.9M FTA grant funded bus and infrastructure.
Read More →CUTA survey reports $20.7 billion need for capital infrastructure through 2010.
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Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), the newly appointed chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, sets his sights on battling funding cuts, working to secure transit and shoring up Amtrak.
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