Mass Transit

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $32.5 Million Grant to Finalize Expansion Plan of Boston’s South Station

The grant will allow MassDOT to complete all necessary environmental reviews as well as preliminary engineering activities for the station expansion.

Press Release • September 13th, 2011

APTA Commends President Obama for Focus on Creating Jobs Through Investing in Transportation Infrastructure

The $50 billion in direct funding proposed in the American Jobs Act will go a long way to jump start needed transportation investments. Every $1 billion in public transportation investment supports or creates 36,000 jobs. Also, for every $1 invested...

Press Release • September 13th, 2011

Public Transportation Gets People to Work While Helping Them Save Money

Individuals save up to $830 this month just by switching how they commute

Press Release • September 13th, 2011

MBCR Partners with Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund for Day of Letter Writing

As part of their 9/11 Service Project to Support Our Troops & Military Families of Massachusetts, they were collecting letters and care packages to send to Massachusetts troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Press Release • September 13th, 2011

Verint Awarded Security Contract to Provide IP Video Solutions for the New World Trade Center Transportation Hub

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selects comprehensive security solution from Verint to help create safe and secure environment for state-of-the-art mass transit center.

Press Release • September 12th, 2011

APTA Says House Appropriations Subcommittee Action Will Decrease Jobs and Underfund Critical Public Transportation Infrastructure

The proposed 30 percent cut in public transportation for Fiscal Year 2012 approved by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing today runs completely counter to our country's ability to create jobs and provide access to jobs...

Press Release • September 9th, 2011

APTA Commends President Obama for Focus on Creating Jobs Through Investing in Transportation Infrastructure

On behalf of the more than 1,500 members of the American Public Transportation Association I commend President Obama for his remarks last night that highlighted creating and supporting jobs through investing in transportation infrastructure.

Press Release • September 9th, 2011

T4America Reaction to President’s speech on the American Jobs Act

From the perspective of infrastructure investments, the President's proposal is both ambitious and pragmatic. He called for immediate investments in the kind of transportation projects that create near-term jobs while providing long-term benefits to...

Press Release • September 9th, 2011

Second Annual AREMA LinkedIn Networking Hour Held at Railway Interchange

This annual event is held in conjunction with the AREMA Annual Conference. Currently, there are more than 850 members of AREMA’s LinkedIn Group, which is an online place for news, current events, rail discussions and career discussions.

Press Release • September 8th, 2011

Trillium USA Signs New CNG Station Service Contract with "The T" in Fort Worth

The service contract covers five natural gas compressors that total 2,000 horsepower and other associated station equipment. The high-performance fueling station produces 4,000 standard cubic feet per minute, or 29 diesel gallon equivalents per minute...

Press Release • September 8th, 2011

Montgomery County Department of Transportation Selects Apollo Video Technology’s Transit Surveillance System for its Ride On Buses

Mobile on-demand video increases safety and security in national capital region.

Press Release • September 8th, 2011

Upgraded Intelligent Transit Management System Comes to Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner Service

The upgraded PIDS will feature a new Mobile Information Terminal, integrating transit-grade, commercial off-the-shelf hardware and ETA's flagship software product, Spatial Positioning on Transit (SPOT), into Amtrak's legacy train tracking system. The...

Press Release • September 8th, 2011

Caltrain Chooses Railhead Vision Systems for locomotive video

Implementation expected to begin by September of 2011.

Press Release • September 7th, 2011

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Acquires Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates

East Coast planning, design, and engineering firm increases regional presence with addition of premier transportation planning and traffic engineering firm.

Press Release • September 7th, 2011

Parsons Brinckerhoff Named CM for New Orleans Streetcar Expansion

In 2010, the RTA received a $45 million TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build a streetcar loop on Loyola Avenue from Canal Street to the Union Passenger Terminal (UPT...

Press Release • September 7th, 2011

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