LACMTA

SNC-Lavalin delivers systems engineering services to LACMTA

SNC-Lavalin’s (SNC) Atkins business has been selected as part of the team to provide systems engineering services and support to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA).

Gannett Fleming

Rice to serve as mobility strategist for Gannett Fleming

Ryan Rice is the new advanced mobility senior strategist for global infrastructure and engineering firm Gannett Fleming’s Transportation Business Line in the West Region.

MassDOT

MassDOT, MBTA approve 5 year $18B capital plan

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Fiscal Management and Control Board voted June 18 to approve the five-year $18.3 billion MassDOT and

NJ Transit

NJ Transit to boost awareness of travel accommodations

NJ Transit is ramping up its efforts to make passengers faced with mobility challenges aware of their public transportation options. 

Bombardier Transportation assembles BART Fleet of the Future rail cars

Bombardier Transportation is opening a rail car assembly site in Pittsburg, Calif., to assemble Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Fleet of the Future rail cars.

WMATA

Mobbs selected as WMATA Counsel to Inspector General

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Inspector General Geoffrey Cherrington last week announced the appointment of Michael Mobbs as counsel to the inspector general.

DART senior advisor

DART names Schulze senior advisor

For the first time Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has an executive level chief of staff, and the honor goes to David Schulze.

Light rail

Atlanta’s More MARTA is big, but is it big enough?

MARTA rolled out its project timeline for its More MARTA program, and for some it is less.

CREATE Program

CREATE partners receive $19M for interlocking project

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded a total of $19,206,398 to the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program’s Dolton Junction Interlocking project in Dolton and Riverdale, Ill.

Amtrak announces leadership changes

The Amtrak Board of Directors approved two leadership changes to further build on the recent success of the company. Tracie Winbigler will serve as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

Alabama could prevent the return of Amtrak line

Federal money is coming to Alabama, but Gov. Kay Ivey is not so quick to put her hand out. Southern Rail Commission and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced recently the award

CTA train derailment

Seven injured after CTA derailment

It does not happen often, but when it does it can be quite frightening. Anyone would be scared if the elevated train they were riding slipped off the tracks. CTA service on

TriMet

Portland’s TriMet awards Siemens $80M overhaul contract

Siemens Mobility is the winner of a mid-life overhaul service contract for TriMet’s Type-2 and Type-3 light-rail vehicle (LRV) fleet, which is made up of 79 Siemens SD660 LRVs.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

DART orders FLIRT Trains from Stadler US

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board last week selected Stadler US for the contract to assemble and build eight Fast Light Intercity and Regional Trains (FLIRT) and design an Equipment Maintenance

MTA

MTA NYC Transit modernizes service status notices

MTA New York City Transit announced that starting the week of June 3, as part of an ongoing commitment to provide more transparent and useful information to the riding public, the “Service

Bay Area Rapid Transit

BART’s capacity program faces delays from federal grant process: Officials

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) General Manager Grace Crunican is renewing a call for action to the federal government to fund the agency’s Transbay Core Capacity Program.

SOGR backlog

Amtrak’s long-distance routes will not change anytime soon

Amtrak’s long-distance service is not going to change, for now. However, the passenger carrier’s Board of Directors also will not be altered.  U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is concerned about the the status

Quandel Consultants

Quandel taps Windschmitt to head railroad operations

Operations planner Peter Windschmitt has joined national rail and transit firm Quandel Consultants as the firm’s new director of railroad operations.

LACMTA

LACMTA celebrates as New Blue project is halfway complete

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) is celebrating its progress on the New Blue Improvements Project, which the authority states has reached its halfway mark toward completion.

Amtrak

Amtrak announces Customer Now program

Amtrak recently unveiled plans for a $72.5 million program, Customer Now, which aims to “improve the customer experience at stations across the network.”

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