While both fleets have had some level of mid-life rehabilitation, each fleet is exceeding the acceptable 30-year useful life for railcars.
Key findings from a report by CellPoint Mobile looks at what has challenged agencies and what they must do to embrace those challenges.
What I found in my public sector roles was that often private sector vendors did not understand how we operated nor how to interface effectively with us as the public agency.
Plans to acquire at least 256 8000-series cars to allow for the retirement of the 2000- and 3000-series cars at the end of their 40-year service life.
Will include an overview of transit procurement for senior leadership and TAM implementation for Tier II providers and sponsors.
Agency receives prestigious award for third consecutive year from the the National Procurement Institute Inc.
Agency received only one response to its initial RFP for new bi-level gallery cars.
Vehicles will replace retiring fleet, with deliveries expected in 2019.
This is the first statewide cooperative procurement of its kind, making Virginia a national leader in promoting technology in public transportation while also reducing cost burdens on local public transit agencies.
Contracted by the Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation to develop specifications for the procurement of hybrid-electric articulated buses and was tasked by the County of Rockland Department of Public Transportation to provide technical support for its Transport of Rockland bus procurements.