
The Rail Transit Team Achievement Award is given to the system with the highest rail operator and maintainer team combined score.
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As the project sponsor, Santa Clara VTA is applying for $1.5 billion in FTA New Starts Program funding, completing the Phase II funding plan.
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Incorporating cutting edge GPS and accelerometer sensors with an intuitive easy-to-use control software interface, dFuzion Inc.'s rMetrix effectively and efficiently assesses ride quality, comfort, and safety.
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BART is in negotiations with a vendor to install Wi-Fi in the transit system’s 46 stations and aboard all of its 775 new cars, with hopes of having a deal by the summer, with Caltrain set to have Wi-Fi on its new trains by 2022.
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The New Year that just began should be a good one for the launching of new rail and bus rapid transit lines and extensions to existing networks, with the project schedules we’ll look at below.
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BART's $2.6 billion contract with Canadian manufacturer, Bombardier, requires delivery of 150 new railcars every year.
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The 16-mile, six-station BART extension from Fremont to Santa Clara, Calif., is being managed by VTA and implemented in phases.
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Design-build minimizes risk, reduces delivery time, keeps budgets in line, and mitigates funding partner concerns throughout project duration. With traditional design-bid-build, owners, designers, and contractors are segregated from design concept to final construction.
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In the spring of 1970 when Larry Williams first came to work for BART, he was — in his own words — "just a kid."...
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A board director said she plans to meet with BART’s police chief to find out what they are going to do about crime on the transit system, which has seen a surge in robberies this year.
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