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With GPS technology, the T's 1,040 buses are tracked in real-time, allowing bus dispatchers to know the exact location of each bus, and the ability to immediately detect delays in service.
Read More →Conference will reflect the growth in the hybrid technology and product segment and the emerging focus of truck makers on efficiency as they complete their transition to 2010 compliant engines.
Read More →Trains currently operate at speeds up to 95 mph between Kalamazoo and Niles and are expected to increase to 110 mph by the end of 2009. Federal funding would allow expansion of better train technology and increased train speeds east of Kalamazoo, while Amtrak expands the technology and increases train speeds west to Porter, Ind., an important link on the trip to and from Chicago and cities beyond.
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Employing what he calls a "participatory" style of management, Soubry has rebranded his executive leadership team, devised a new company intranet system and is writing a weekly blog. Development of a training institute, technology management and the readying for the launch of the company's first hydrogen bus fleet are in the works.
Read More →Thirty MTA buses servicing 34th Street in Manhattan will feature next stop announcements. Real-time arrival information will be provided at eight bus shelters.
Read More →Allows customers to acquire all the equipment they need up front, enabling them to purchase of newer technology that might otherwise be out of reach due to cost.
Read More →The project will entail the application of technology including ERTMS/ETCS and GSM-R, all of which Ansaldo STS has already supplied or is currently supplying in other countries, including Italy, Spain and Turkey.
Read More →Positive Train Control technology is capable of automatically controlling train speeds and movements should a locomotive engineer fail to take appropriate action.
Read More →Agency’s IT division has distributed 200 thin client computers to employees, and plans to have a total of 800 up and running by the end of 2009. Benefits include improved system reliability and reduced energy costs.
Read More →Includes provision requiring installation of anti-collision technology – positive train control – on railways shared by passenger and freight trains.
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