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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 3, 2024

New York's MTA Completes Final 'Re-NEW-vation' of 2023

Court St Station marked the 53rd and final station to be re-NEW-vated in 2023, surpassing NYCT’s promised goal of upgrading, repairing, and deep cleaning 50 stations by the end of 2023.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsDecember 29, 2023

WMATA's Red Line to Open Early, Under Budget

With the Red Line work completed, the weekend will be free of any scheduled track work going into New Year's Eve when train service systemwide will be extended to 2 a.m. to accommodate workers and revelers ringing in the new year.

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ArticlesDecember 19, 2023

Transit Agencies Lay Groundwork for Zero Emission Bus Fleet Overhaul

To illustrate the scale and variety of approaches, this article takes a closer look at ZEB programs underway at three of the country’s largest agencies: New York MTA, SFMTA, and WMATA.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 20, 2023

California’s TA Awards $2.3M for Elevated Caltrain Track Project

The city of Burlingame is also contributing $200,000 toward this phase of the project.

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Newsby StaffNovember 7, 2023

California High-Speed Rail Releases Design Services RFQ

There are more than 25 active construction sites in California’s Central Valley, with the authority having environmentally cleared 422 miles of the high-speed rail program from the Bay Area to the Los Angeles Basin.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 31, 2023

MBTA Completes Expedited Red Line Work

All speed restrictions that were in place prior to the shutdown have been alleviated in this area, improving travel times by over 10 minutes for Ashmont Branch and Mattapan Line riders.

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ArticlesOctober 19, 2023

Changing A Transit Agency’s Organizational Culture By Design

Stantec was retained by Olympia, Wash.'s Intercity Transit through a competitive RFQ selection process in 2018 to help the agency plan a new Pattison Garage Headquarters.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mary Scott NabersOctober 18, 2023

Funding Could Bring Faster, More Efficient Passenger Rail

This year’s allocation is the largest that has ever been dispensed partly because of disruptions in the supply chain caused by COVID-19. The federal funding will support track repair, rail upgrades, bridge work, and construction of new rail lines and facilities.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 13, 2023

FTA Offers $5M in Grants to Test Digital Construction Management Tools

FTA’s Accelerating Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems program will promote field-tested advanced digital platforms to deliver transit projects faster and cheaper.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 26, 2023

St. Louis Metro Awards First Construction Contract to Beef Up Rail Security

The $6.4 million contract with Millstone Weber focuses on four MetroLink stations in St. Clair County: the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center Station, College Station, Emerson Park Station, and Washington Park Station.

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