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The contract represents nearly $156 million (USD) and covers 26 electric propulsion trains, including 21 three-car trains and five four-car trains.
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During FY 2008 (Oct. 2007-Sept. 2008), Amtrak carried more than 28.7 million passengers, representing the sixth straight fiscal year of record ridership when comparing the same routes.
Read More →Board concludes that engineer was distracted and missed signal. It repeats call for positive train control.
Read More →Under the terms of the print agreement, CTA is guaranteed a minimum of $80 million or 62.5 percent to 63.5 percent of net advertising receipts, whichever is greater, from print advertising over the next five years.
Read More →Calls for agency to evaluate track occupancy data on a real-time basis in order to detect losses in track occupancy and automatically generate alerts to prompt such actions as immediately stopping train movements or implementing appropriate speed restrictions to prevent collisions.
Read More →Animated video is modeled after the “brief safety presentations” seen on many airplanes.
Read More →Bombardier manufactured 12,000 torches — one for each torchbearer — with final assembly completed by hand in Montreal, Quebec.
Read More →The focus was on violators running red lights, making illegal left turns and pedestrian jaywalking. While there has been a steady decline in train versus vehicle accidents on the Metro Blue Line, the level of pedestrian accidents has remained stagnant.
Read More →Study, conducted by aviation consulting firm SH&E, shows that San Jose would lose 12 percent of its passengers, Oakland 9 percent, and San Francisco 4 percent.
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