Based on feedback from courseware pilots and SME peer reviews, our ISD team has updated Participant Guides, PowerPoints and quizzes for APS and Batteries courses 104 and 204 and HVAC course 106. All existing PowerPoints were revamped to accommodate on-screen display of instructor notes for the presenter. We simultaneously updated the Instructor Guides to a new format that makes it easier for the instructor to follow while delivering training. These updated materials can be found on TransitTraining.net. Boston's MBTA will pilot several courses early in 2017. For additional information on the Rail Car Training Consortium, please contact Xinge Wang.
When commuters first stepped aboard Denver Regional Transportation District's new commuter rail line between Denver International Airport and downtown's Union Station last April, they probably weren't aware of the groundbreaking nature of those 23 miles of track. Not only did the project break ground literally, but the new line is part of the nation's very first public-private partnership (P3) for commuter rail. Known as the Eagle P3, the project also includes the new B Line to Westminster and the G Line to Arvada scheduled to begin service in 2017.
It has been one year since the voter-approved Phoenix Transportation 2050 plan (T2050) went into effect and already it has significantly improved the city's transportation scene. Many streets across Phoenix show signs of progress and transit users are doing more thanks to the newly implemented service enhancements.
The Durham-Orange light-rail project in North Carolina won't require additional local sources of funding, GoTriangle announced last week. During a financial update on Jan. 4, the agency's board learned that existing transit revenue is expected to cover the costs of the 17.7-mile, 18-station project, GoTriangle officials said in a press release.
Despite local opposition and uncertainty at the federal level, the Capital Area Transportation Authority isn't giving up on its plan to build a bus rapid transit system that would connect Lansing, East Lansing and Meridian Township. A new project manager, Bradley Funkhouser, CATA's deputy CEO, will start work on the effort on Monday. Debbie Alexander, the former BRT project manager, has retired; her last day was Friday.
New research from the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota ranks 49 of the 50 largest (by population) metropolitan areas in the U.S. for connecting workers with jobs via transit.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) and the North Carolina Transportation Museum (NCTM) announce together that the Norfolk & Western Class J 611 steam passenger locomotive will return to the mainline in 2017 with a schedule of public excursions. The sleek and powerful Class J steam passenger locomotives, designed and built in Roanoke, Va., by the Norfolk & Western Railway, widely were hailed as the finest steam passenger locomotives in the world.
Millions of commuters are facing delays and frustration as a strike by London Underground station staff shuts down much of the city's subway network.
Several central London subway lines were closed during rush hour Monday morning, forcing many to walk, use overcrowded buses, or work from home if possible. Other Underground lines offered only sporadic service. Transport for London said service would be greatly reduced until Monday evening.
Government officials are trying to find solutions for Tokyo's notoriously crowded subway and train systems, which transport 40 million passengers daily, reported the South China Morning Post. The average capacity at peak service times came to 164% in 2015, which has been steady for around 15 years, according to officials.
Right now, 25 percent of Seattle residents live near a bus that comes every 12 minutes. By 2025, as many as 72 percent of city residents should have that kind of access to transit, thanks to the success of a ballot measure for the largest increase in bus service since the bus system was created in 1972.
The move not to extend the current contract isn't a "reflection of Keolis' performance," Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told NBC Boston, adding that she expects Keolis to compete again in the re-procurement process.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's has unveiled its first major service overhaul in nine years calling for scaling back or ending bus service on some lightly traveled lines, adding to heavily traveled routes and possibly restructuring fares.
Officials say a $1 billion funding agreement with the federal government will help modernize Chicago's Red and Purple lines as part of a public transit construction project to create an estimated 6,000 jobs. The project being announced Monday is described by the Chicago Transit Authority as the largest capital project in the transit agency's history. Word of the grant funding for President Barack Obama's hometown comes as he prepares to leave office.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) in Texas on Monday held a ceremony to mark the completion of the Harrisburg Overpass bridge, which will carry both Green Line light-rail trains and motorists over Union Pacific Railroad track.
A new Metro safety oversight commission is a step closer to happening as the Virginia and Maryland legislatures convene this week. Officials in both states had been concerned that the legislation would be delayed this year, but the plan got a boost after Virginia obtained a concession that the new commission's board would have to give unanimous consent before ordering any shutdown of the transit system, legislators and others said.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) last week unveiled a $32 billion, 10-year capital plan that includes $2.7 billion to rebuild the rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey.
