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In a first for Center supported Consortia, IBEW Local 103 representing Signal Maintainers, Signal Instructors and Supervisory personnel at MBTA has joined the Signals Consortium as a full partner. Prior to this move Local 103 had been underwriting travel for two MBTA employees to attend the Signals Training Consortium meetings. Lynelle Butterfield and Frank Burnett have been representing the MBTA training department under the now retired Training Director Joanne Marrone-Joyce. Tim Long has been representing IBEW 103, and now retired Signals Supervisor Jan Marie Hagan also represents the Union. This team has been providing a steady stream of support to courseware development and other Consortium work.
MBTA Signal Maintainers first graduate from the IBEW Apprenticeship program at Local 103 as Journeymen Electricians before being hired into the Signals department at MBTA. Signals specific training, currently takes place within the MBTA Signal Training program but some courses may soon be added to the curriculum at IBEW Local 103. Coordination between the two organizations is being pursued to provide a smoother transition from Construction Electrician to Signal Maintainer. MBTA Signals Instructors and IBEW Local 103 members have this to say about the signals training consortium:
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The sharp distinctions between "city" and "suburb" no longer apply, and in a number of U.S. cities, the nature of the public transportation network has played a role in erasing those boundaries. Rail transit in particular has reshaped both metropolitan geography and metropolitan demography, upending old assumptions about who lives where and how they get around. In a number of cities, metros and light rail have become a magnet for younger, well-educated urbanites who desire convenience and access without having to own a car, and these people gravitate to neighborhoods around rail transit stations no matter where they are located. On the flip side, older and poorer residents have become increasingly common in suburbs where inadequate bus service makes it harder for them to simply live, and advocates for the poor in some cities have criticized rail-heavy transit improvement plans as shortchanging the poor along with minorities.
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International Transportation News
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For its January 2016 issue, International Railway Journal has forsaken its usual format for something a little different. The Railway in 2016 is a comprehensive look ahead to the trends and issues set to impact the global rail industry in 2016 and beyond through interviews and insight from leading industry figures from across the world. This landmark issue includes interviews and articles from no fewer than 16 key railway leaders, focusing on the latest global trends, issues affecting the supply industry including insight into the latest round of mergers and acquisitions, and the major openings and project starts in 2016. We also look at the trends impacting key railways and markets in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
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The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) last week officially opened the new Lee-Van Aken Station on the Blue Line near City Hall. The new facility was opened in phases starting in early October. About 80 percent of the $5.4 million project was funded with federal dollars, GCRTA officials said in a press release. One of the busiest stops on the Blue Line, the station is considered a key link in a plan to revive the area through a historical connection to transit, agency officials said. The plan builds on municipal anchors, nearby retail and new residential construction.
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The first stretch of the Second Avenue Subway is scheduled to open in December, a milestone for New York City's aging and strained transportation network. Also moving forward this year are an overhaul of the maligned La Guardia Airport, an initiative to dig new Hudson River train tunnels between New York and New Jersey, and several other major projects. But for all the big plans, uncertainties loom about how to pay for them, including a new one: the prospect that rising interest rates threaten to increase costs to borrow money for construction.
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Without readily accessible public transportation, residents of South Jersey have difficulty going to doctor's appointments, running errands, seeing family of getting a job. There are New Jersey Transit bus routes and the Atlantic City Line but, in sparsely populated western Atlantic County, even getting to those stops requires transportation. "A lot of the people out here are underserved in terms of transportation services," said John Peterson, regional planning and development director for Atlantic County. "They don't necessarily have a car. There's not a regular NJ Transit service. This is a way for people to be transported around the county and out of the county."
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Thousands of people ride trolleys and buses around the region every day. It can be dangerous stepping out at your destination with traffic approaching. A mother of three died in November when a car passing a trolley hit and killed her, according to police. FOX 29's Dave Schratwieser shows us how SEPTA is cracking down on drivers. The trolleys still rumble by 54th and Woodland where Miriam Wilson lost her life. Friends and loved ones still visit a memorial for the 38-year-old mother of three. November 16th is a day they won't ever forget.
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Governor Jerry Brown and the California delegation played an outsized role at the Paris climate talks. Though California was not granted a seat at the negotiating table, Brown's appearances and speeches garnered a great deal of publicity. This was not due merely to the Golden State's status as the world's seventh-largest economy, but also because of its ambitious cap-and-trade system, which has been widely praised for its success in reducing carbon emissions without sacrificing economic growth. Much less celebrated-but no less momentous-is California's alignment of climate policy with efforts to mitigate economic disadvantage.
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Today, National Skills Coalition submitted comments on the Department of Labor's (DOL) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) in registered apprenticeship programs. Under the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937, the Department of Labor (DOL) is tasked with promoting standards necessary to "safeguard the welfare of apprentices," which the agency interprets as including EEO in apprenticeship. The relevant regulations, found at 29 CFR 30, address the potentially discriminatory impact of recruitment, selection and hiring, and retention policies within apprenticeship programs registered with DOL and State Apprenticeship Agencies. These regulations are intended to further DOL's goal to promote and protect opportunity for all workers and all employers by removing barriers to fair workplaces.
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Greater Greater Washington - January 5, 2016
US transit projects are way more expensive than those in similar countries. Addressing the reasons why could help us build more transit. American transit systems are notoriously worse than those in other countries. True rapid transit exists only in a handful of cities, and even there, our systems are known for their unreliable service and decaying infrastructure. Often times we point to underfunding as reason for why this is the case-the US spends a lot of general revenue on highways, after all.
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