New legislation would add regional transit authorities. However, a revised bill submitted by democrats would establish a new Milwaukee County transit authority, funded by a 0.5% sales tax that could take over the Milwaukee County Transit System.
Read More →The work, awarded to Skanska USA, includes construction of four rail platforms and the installation of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; plumbing work, fire protection, architectural finishes, and ADA compliance measures.
Read More →Tri-Rail, the commuter rail service connecting Palm Beach and Broward Counties with Miami-Dade County, will be the first transit agency to join in the creation of a South Florida regional system, giving Floridians the ability to use one fare card — a smart card — to travel on both systems. Palm Tran and Broward County Transit are expected to join later.
Read More →Frank Kobliski succeeds Ray Melleady, former executive director of the Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany, N.Y.
Read More →Jim Cline, who served as a director for the City of Irving since 1998, replaces Jim Witt who has served the Authority in an interim capacity since early 2009.
Read More →New iPhone-optimized Website takes advantage of the advanced functionality of the iPhone platform, enabling users to view speed maps, weather radar, estimated travel times, roadway cameras, incidents, road and construction closures, and message signs.
Read More →The environmental assessment and preliminary engineering work, which is under way, is slated to be completed in summer 2010.
Read More →The project will be in two phases. The first calls for improving 182 bus stops at a cost of $1.3 million, with completion expected by May.
Read More →Will install communication-based train control to the rail system to reduce intervals between the trains, enabling more trains to use the same track.
Read More →Funding will allow right-of-way acquisition and road construction to begin in 2010.
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