USA railroad industry news – Page 42

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    Hitachi to supply Baltimore metro trains and signalling

    2017-07-27T09:47:00Z

    USA: Maryland Transit Administration has awarded a $400·5m contract for the supply of metro rolling stock and signalling. The supplier is the Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners joint venture of Hitachi Rail Italy, which will supply 78 metro cars, and Ansaldo STS’s US subsidiary, which will replace ...

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    Portland welcomes contactless ticketing

    2017-07-25T15:35:37Z

    USA: An account-based smart card and contactless bank card fare collection system went into operation in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area on July 17. The Hop Fastpass is valid on bus, light rail and commuter rail services operated by TriMet, C-TRAN and Portland Streetcar. In 2014 Init signed a contract ...

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    Work begins to electrify Caltrain

    2017-07-24T14:04:02Z

    USA: California Governor Jerry Brown was among those present at a ceremony at Millbrae station on June 21 to mark the start of work on the Caltrain Electrification Project. ‘Today marks the beginning of a faster, cleaner, better Caltrain, a Caltrain that will allow tens of thousands of people ...

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    Minneapolis calls Southwest LRT bids

    2017-07-17T08:06:14Z

    USA: The Twin Cities Metropolitan Council has invited bids for the first of three construction contracts to build the 23·3 km Southwest LRT light rail line between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Tenders for the main civil works contract are due to be opened on August 15, with the contract expected ...

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    NJ Transit adopts budget after ‘laser-like look’ at business

    2017-07-14T11:28:55Z

    USA: ‘NJ Transit is moving forward with a balanced budget that reflects a laser-like look at individual business lines in order to maximise efficiencies and maintain a safe transportation system’, said Executive Director Steven H Santoro when the board adopted the $2·22bn operating budget and a $1·37bn capital programme for ...

  • TriMet has appointed WSP USA as prime engineering consultant to design the Division Transit Project.
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    WSP to design Portland Division Transit

    2017-07-10T14:01:47Z

    USA: Portland transport authority TriMet has appointed WSP USA as prime engineering consultant to design the Division Transit Project, a proposed 22 km bus rapid transit route which is intended to improve links between central Portland and the city of Gresham via Division Street. The route would serve Portland State ...

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    Atlanta mobile ticketing contract awarded

    2017-07-05T15:06:17Z

    USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has awarded Kapsch a €10m contract to develop, implement and maintain an account-based mobile ticketing system for use on the city’s metro and buses. Kapsch’s TrafficCom, CarrierCom and Public TransportCom divisions will work on the project, along with Bytemark and TransTrack Systems. Implementation ...

  • KC Streetcar Authority is to purchase two additional CAF Urbos vehicles.
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    Kansas City Streetcar fleet to increase by 50%

    2017-06-30T11:03:52Z

    USA: Kansas City council approved the purchase of two additional CAF Urbos trams on June 29 to meet increasing demand on the KC Streetcar. Deliveries are due in 24 months. The vehicles will cost $11·9m, which includes including $2·1m for spare parts and inspection support. The purchase will be ...

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    Phoenix light rail extension contractor chosen

    2017-06-23T15:24:10Z

    USA: Valley Metro has approved the appointment of Kiewit as the construction manager for the South Central extension of the light rail network serving Phoenix. Construction on the extension from central Phoenix to Baseline Road is due to start in 2019, for opening in 2023. Aecom is acting as ...

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    New York state proposes taking control of MTA

    2017-06-21T10:00:29Z

    USA: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on June 20 a proposal to give the state control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board. Asserting that ‘the MTA is in a state of crisis’ and that ‘there is no quick or small fix’, Cuomo says that giving the state a ...

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    BART makes crime data publicly available

    2017-06-14T15:00:00Z

    USA: The police department of San Francisco’s BART has made data for serious crimes at and around its stations publicly available. Fed by data from the police department’s computer-aided dispatch, CrimeMapping.com shows information about reported Part I crimes at BART stations. Details of crimes in the surrounding area are ...

  • The City of Sacramento and Verizon are entering a public-private partnership to develop smart city technologies.
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    Sacramento approves smart city partnership

    2017-06-08T11:03:55Z

    USA: Sacramento City Council voted unanimously on June 6 to approve a public-private partnership with Verizon to develop smart city infrastructure. Verizon expects to invest more than $100m as part of the project. ‘This partnership will serve as a critical step in upgrading our city’s infrastructure to support the ...

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    Los Angeles light rail vehicle overhaul contract

    2017-06-07T08:29:26Z

    USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Alstom a €130m contract to overhaul 52 Siemens P2000 light rail vehicles in use on the Blue, Green and Expo lines. The mid-life overhaul is expected to extend the LRVs’ service life by 15 years. It will see traction equipment, ...

  • Tunnel boring machine Angeli, supplied by Herrenknecht for the Regional Connector project, broke through to Grand Ave/Bunker Hills station on June 1.
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    Los Angeles Metro budget approved

    2017-06-02T12:59:02Z

    Angeli, supplied by Herrenknecht for the Regional Connector project, broke through to Grand Ave/Bunker Hills station on June 1." src="https://d1x8q5iq3n6y12.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/dvv-library/web/import/pics/tn_us-la_regional_connector_tbm_breakthrough.jpg?w=660" />USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved its budget for fiscal year 2018, which runs from July 1 2017 to June 30 2018. The $6·1bn budget represents a ...

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    New York Canarsie Tunnel repair contract awarded

    2017-06-01T13:00:00Z

    USA: Jacobs Engineering Group has awarded Hill International a subcontract for construction management services on the repair of the Canarsie Tunnel in New York. Announcing the award on May 31, Hill International said that the five-year contract is worth $5·8m. Hill will assist Jacobs with pre-construction and construction management. ...

  • President Trump's budget proposals for the 2018 financial year include swingeing cuts to federal urban transport investment grants.
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    APTA reiterates Trump budget cut concern

    2017-05-24T16:10:50Z

    USA: The American Public Transportation Association has reiterated its disappointment about the urban transport funding aspects of President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.The Trump administration has reaffirmed its proposal to phase out the Capital Improvement Grants programme and eliminate the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants, despite Congress rejecting ...

  • The KC Streetcar celebrated one year of operation in early May.
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    Kansas City Streetcar looks south

    2017-05-24T10:13:09Z

    USA: The KC Streetcar Authority and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority have selected the KC Streetcar Southern Extension Technical Services consortium to study a southern extension of the city’s starter tram line. The consortium is led by HDR and includes Burns & McDonnell, HNTB, Trekk Design Group, Hg Consult, ...

  • Boston Landing commuter rail station welcomed its first passengers on May 22.
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    New Balance-backed commuter station opens in Boston

    2017-05-22T14:35:00Z

    USA: Passenger services began to call at Boston Landing station on MBTA’s commuter network serving Boston on May 22. The station is located between Yawkey and Newtonville on the Framingham/Worcester Line. Construction began in October 2015 and was led by Skanska. The $20m project was funded by private partner ...

  • Phoenix’s Valley Metro Rail board has approved two orders for trams and light rail vehicles to support ridership growth and expansion of the network.
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    Two orders to expand Valley Metro fleet

    2017-05-19T13:38:44Z

    USA: Phoenix’s Valley Metro Rail board has approved two orders for trams and light rail vehicles to support ridership growth and expansion of the network. Brookville Equipment Corp is to receive a $33m contract to deliver six trams over three years for the 4·8 km Tempe Streetcar project. These ...

  • The QLine tram route in Detroit opened on May 12.
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    Motor City welcomes streetcars

    2017-05-12T14:56:38Z

    USA: The QLine tram route in Detroit opened to passengers on May 12, ahead of a weekend of celebrations and free travel. The 5·3 km route runs along Woodward Avenue between Congress Street and West Grand Boulevard with 12 stops. It has been developed by M-1 Rail, a non-profit ...