Line has seen 20.5 million rides taken and more than 50 new businesses sprout up around the alignment.
Read More →Construction contract, valued at $1.46 billion, is projected to generate approximately 60,000 direct and indirect jobs before the four light rail lines, approximately 20 miles, are completed.
Read More →Construction on the new MAX line could begin in 2011 and be completed by 2015.
Read More →Supports transit system's goal of recovering 52 percent of annual operational costs by 2017.
Read More →Responsible for overall design, integration and installation of the new surveillance system, which includes remotely controlled cameras that can focus on rail station platforms, equipment and surrounding areas.
Read More →Analyses conducted by the FTA, an engineering firm and Sound Transit all concluded that, despite forged information related to the grade of steel used in some guideway foundations, the system is structurally sound.
Read More →Topeka Transit loses $215K in fuel gamble. Transit chief pledges no service cuts. Utah mayor switches from streetcar to light rail.
Read More →The facility will become a light rail station within the FasTracks Program and has been designed and integrated within a larger overall TOD project.
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.
Read More →System enables dozens of responding agencies — including fire, police and EMS — to communicate with each other via a common radio channel, accessible from each department’s own radio equipment.
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