|
|
|
 |
Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium Reconvenes at SEPTA
Last week, the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium reconvened in Philadelphia. This team with over 350 years of cumulative experience in transit and training spent three intensive days working together on program development, including:
* Apprenticeship Implementation
* Measuring training Return on Investment
* Update on Completed Courseware
* Importance of hands-on exercises
* Scheduled upcoming pilots
* Further defined scope and content of Master Technician Courses including topics such as PLCs, Predictive Maintenance and Root Cause Failure Analysis
The consortium's host, SEPTA used this opportunity to showcase their newly upgraded training facility which now has a working escalator and hydraulic elevator that will be used during training. The group was welcomed by SEPTA Deputy Director Jeff Knueppel. The consortium is scheduled to hold their next meeting in the Spring along with two Train-the-Trainer sessions.
For more information on the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium, contact project manager Jim Kinahan.
|
Railway Age - January 12, 2015
Sarah Feinberg, chief of staff for Secretary of Transportation Andrew Foxx, has been chosen to become Acting Federal Railroad Administrator, according to a Reuters report of an email sent by Foxx on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. As acting administrator, Feinberg's ascension does not require confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Feinberg will replace Joseph Szabo, who last November announced his intention to step down on Jan. 1, 2015.
|
|
Progressive Railroading - January 12, 2015
Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) has begun employee training and data surveying as part of its effort to implement positive train control (PTC) by year's end. Last week, employees began to receive training on PTC track and wayside data management at KCSR's Team Training Center in Shreveport, La. About 160 workers were trained and another group will begin training this week, railroad officials said in an item posted on the "KCS News" web page.
|
|
City Lab - January 12, 2015
The question of how far people will walk to reach a transit stop has a pretty significant impact on the shape of cities. American urban planners conventionally draw that line at about a half-mile. Some guidelines pull it back to a quarter-mile, while others adjust the distance for bus stops (typically a quarter-mile) and train stations (typically a half-mile), but the consensus holds that no one makes it farther than half a mile that on foot.
|
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors has named Jack Requa, an agency employee since 1998, interim general manager and chief executive officer. Requa will serve until a successor is found for the current general manager and CEO, Richard Sarles, who retires Jan. 16.
|
The chief executive of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Tuesday night that he would step down in April after six years of overseeing both major milestones and high-profile embarrassments during the most ambitious rail construction period in the agency's history.
|
On January 7, the Operations and Maintenance Committee of PATCO's Board endorsed a proposal from Comcast to provide Xfinity Wi-Fi coverage in all 13 PATCO stations in Philadelphia and New Jersey. The Committee's endorsement means that the proposal will be considered by the full Board at its January 21 meeting. If approved, and if everything goes as planned, Comcast projects completion of the project by Summer 2015.
|
Train riders have grudgingly gotten used to years of weekend work on their line that sometimes shuts down the link between Queens and Manhattan, but it's a project the MTA says will ultimately improve the line. NY1's Jose Martinez filed the following report. Another weekend of work along the Number 7 line and frustration for its 300,000 weekend riders.
|
Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman Jamie Fox and NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Veronique "Ronnie" Hakim announced the unveiling of the preliminary design plans for a $55 million restoration of Elizabeth Station. The project includes construction of a new station building, new elevators and stairs, vendor space and reconstruction of the passenger platforms. The project will be funded through state and federal sources.
|
Progressive Railroading - January 14, 2015
Tank cars that carry crude oil, ethanol and other hazardous materials across the country must be made safer. That's one of four new issues on the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) "Most Wanted List" of transportation safety improvements for 2015. The other new issues on the top 10 list released yesterday call for requiring transportation operators to be medically fit for duty, strengthening commercial trucking safety and requiring pilots to strengthen procedural compliance.
|
Progressive Railroading - January 13, 2015
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) service is operating on a modified schedule today after an electrical problem yesterday afternoon caused smoke to fill rail cars in a tunnel near L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. One passenger died and at least 80 others were hurt in the incident, according to local news media reports. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and local police investigations are ongoing, but NTSB investigators yesterday said an "electrical arcing event" occurred about 1,100 feet in front of a train shortly after it left the L'Enfant Plaza Station, The Washington Post reported.
|
Four Iowa apprenticeship programs in the construction industry received a boost of funding from the state Friday. Iowa Workforce Development announced Friday it has awarded about $4.3 million to four training programs. That money comes from a $6.2 million fund the state has set aside to help fund apprenticeship training programs. The four organizations that received funding include: The Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa, $1,848,602.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
