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Two Crash Energy Management railcars, assembled by Hyundai-Rotem Co., were rolled out at Metrolink's new maintenance yard. The agency plans to deploy a total of 117 cars later this year.
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Two low-floor Bombardier Flexity streetcars, carried over 550,000 passengers, and made over 13,000 one-way trips with zero equipment failures, zero station delays and zero injuries, according to company officials.
Read More →Democrats have threatened to block a two-year, $85 billion budget proposal for a third time if additional money isn’t added for Metro’s expansion to Washington Dulles International Airport.
Read More →RTD's team working in the Pecos area for the Eagle P3 project had eight hours to install a drainage pipe underneath the BNSF railroad mainline. This time lapse shows the project - beginning to end - in about two minutes.
Read More →Funding for this infrastructure project was sourced through Gov. Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois Capital Plan.
Read More →Approved California Gov. Jerry Brown’s request to prevent the transit system’s workers from holding another strike for 60 days. While the transit system said the unions have walked out of negotiations, a union negotiator said that BART needs to address worker safety concerns.
Read More →The squat-operated ticket machine is part of a campaign by Russia's Olympic Committee to incorporate "elements of sport into daily life," the report said.
Read More →The silent 6-minute color film clip features train engines, vintage cars and spectators from the opening day parade. The home movie was shot by legendary Disney animator Ward Kimball, creator of numerous classic Disney characters including Jiminy Cricket in “Pinocchio.”
Read More →The design and replacement project is estimated to cost $10 million with the bulk of the funding ($7 million) to be provided by the MTA Capital Program.
Read More →In December, the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Operations Advisory Commission voted, 17-1, to approve a new cost-sharing policy, designed to spread the burden for spending $425 million a year for the next three years for maintenance and upgrades on the corridor.
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