USA railroad industry news – Page 39
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Metro Report InternationalCongestion charge to support New York MTA under major restructuring
USA: A 10-point plan to restructure and provide long-term funding for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority was announced on February 26 in a joint statement by state Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. At the heart of the restructuring proposal, which would need to ...
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NewsRedlands Passenger Rail construction contract awarded
USA: Construction work for the 14·5 km Redlands Passenger Rail Project in southern California is on course to start later this year, following the selection of Flatiron Construction Corp as preferred bidder for the $154m main works contract. The $312m Redlands project is being promoted by San ...
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Metro Report InternationalMaintenance vehicle delivered to Philadelphia
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has taken delivery of a maintenance vehicle and a flat wagon with driving cab for use on the Norristown High Speed Line rapid transit route. The Plasser American PMC50 vehicle is fitted with a National Crane 400B crane, a hydraulic tool power circuit and ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply more light rail vehicles to Houston
USA: Houston Metro has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 14 S70 low-floor light rail vehicles. The LRVs will be built to an updated design with wider gangways for better passenger flow. To meet Buy America requirements, they will be assembled at Siemens Mobility’s plant in Sacramento, California. ...
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Metro Report InternationalUber to offer public transport options in Denver
USA: Uber is to offer public transport options in its app to users in Denver. The partnership with Regional Transportation District announced on January 31 will also offer the ability for Uber app users to purchase mobile tickets through the app. Talking about Uber’s first in-app integration with public ...
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Metro Report InternationalSan Diego adopts account-based fare collection
USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has awarded a contract to Init for the supply of an account-based fare collection system, with an option to operate and maintain it. Due to be rolled out in 2021, the system will use Init’s MOBILEvario back-office software. Init will supply 100 cash ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART Silicon Valley Phase II extension contract awarded
USA: Project promoter Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded an engineering services contract covering Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley extension project. The contract with a joint venture of Mott McDonald and PGH Wong Engineering is worth up to $125m. The planned 10 km southern extension from ...
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Metro Report InternationalTEX Rail commuter line opens
USA: The 43 km TEX Rail commuter rail line linking central Fort Worth with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport opened on January 10, when the first train left North Side station at 03.38. The line developed by regional transport authority Trinity Metro starts at the Texas & Pacific Station in Fort ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART launches end-to-end journey planner for the San Francisco area
USA: Bay Area Rapid Transit has worked with HaCon to develop BART Trip Planner web, iOS and Android apps for multimodal door-to-door journey planning in the San Francisco Bay Area. Siemens-owned technology company HaCon said it was a ‘major upgrade’ from the previous system, which was solely based on the ...
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Metro Report InternationalMTA accepts revised approach to Subway tunnel blockade
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on January 3 that it had accepted a series of recommendations put forward by academics and engineering specialists to limit the disruption of a planned rebuilding of the Canarsie/L Subway line’s tunnel under the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Canarsie/L Subway ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst CAF LRV in service on Boston Green Line
USA: The first of 24 light rail vehicles that CAF is supplying to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Boston Green Line entered regular passenger service on December 21. The 70% low-floor LRVs, designated Type 9 by MBTA, were ordered under a $118m contract signed in 2014. CAF has produced the ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst CRRC metro cars assembled in Springfield delivered to Boston
USA: The first two metro cars assembled at CRRC’s factory in Springfield, Massachusetts were delivered to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on December 18. The cars for Boston’s Orange Line are part of an order for 152 that CRRC is supplying under a contract awarded in 2014. This also ...
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Metro Report InternationalContractor selected to modernise Chicago Red and Purple lines
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has selected a joint venture of Walsh Construction Co, Fluor and Stantec Consulting Services as preferred bidder for Phase One of a project to modernise the Red and Purple metro lines. The $2·1bn project aims to expand capacity on the busiest metro line in Chicago. ...
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Metro Report InternationalOklahoma City Streetcar inaugurated
USA: The Oklahoma City Streetcar was inaugurated on December 14 at a ceremony in Leadership Square attended by officials including Mayor David Holt. Travel is free until January 5. ‘Our streetcar will be an important economic development tool for our entire city, accommodating visitors and residents alike’, said Holt. ...
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NewsNJ Transit orders double-deck EMUs from Bombardier
USA: A firm order for 113 double-deck EMU cars was approved by the NJ Transit board on December 12. A base contract will be placed with Bombardier Transportation for what the commuter rail operator claims will be ‘the first self-propelled multilevel railcars in the USA’. The contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalUsing technology to empower passengers with disabilities
WAYFINDING: Cubic Transportation Systems is developing augmented reality technology for mobile devices with the aim of enhancing the public transport user experience for passengers with disabilities. While transport operators are meeting the letter of accessibility laws, ‘we believe we can take it ...
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Metro Report InternationalDurham-Orange Light Rail construction management consultant appointed
USA: Transport agency GoTriangle has selected a Gannett Fleming/WSP joint venture as its construction management consultant for the planned light rail project in North Carolina’s Durham and Orange counties. The joint venture is to provide a constructability review, estimating, contract packaging, design and specification review services under the first phase ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply rolling stock for Orange County Streetcar project
USA: Orange County Transportation Authority has approved a $51·5m framework contract for Siemens to supply up to 18 S70 vehicles for the OC Streetcar project. The bidirectional vehicles would be 26·8 m long with capacity for 180 passengers including 70 seated. The base order for eight vehicles and ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Milwaukee Streetcar delivered
USA: Brookville Equipment Corp delivered the first of five trams that it is supplying to Milwaukee on March 27. The three-section bidirectional Liberty Modern Streetcar is 20·4 m long and 2 600 mm wide with capacity for 150 passengers including 32 seated. Due to open in mid-2018, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrookville to supply trams to Portland
USA: Portland City Council approved the purchase of two trams to operate on Streetcar routes A and B on March 21. The vehicles from Brookville Equipment Co are to enter service in 2020. The vehicles are being ordered as an option on a contract signed between Brookville and Seattle’s ...