Industry Update

  • New Appointments for Harsco Rail International Operations, Sales and Global Marketing

    Harsco Rail recently announced three key leadership appointments: Joseph Dougherty to lead Harsco Rail’s international business as vice president — International; Jay Gowan, vice president of Sales for North and South America, will take on...

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • Cincinnati Metro Promotes Two in Transit Operations

    Timothy “TJ” Thorn was recently promoted to director of Transit Operations at Metro. Shawn Donaghy was promoted to assistant director of Transit Operations.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • DE: DART Unveils New Virtual Bus Simulator, Offering Test Drives

    Delaware Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt, and Lauren Skiver, chief executive officer of Delaware Transit Corp., got behind the wheel to demonstrate DART’s new virtual bus simulator.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • Brandi Stewart Joins SORTA Board of Trustees

    Brandi M. Stewart, an attorney in the litigation department of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (KMK), was named to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority’s board of trustees on December 18, 2012.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • Stertil-Koni Delivers Hydraulic Self-regenerating Mobile Column Lifts to GO Transit

    Stertil-Koni announced that it has recently delivered mobile column lifts and in-ground vehicle service lifts to the new GO Transit East Regional Bus Maintenance and Storage Facility in Oshawa, a city located 38 miles east of Toronto.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • McMahon Associates Inc. Hires New Senior Project Engineer

    McMahon Associates Inc. is proud to announce the addition of John W. Fuller, E.I.T. as senior project engineer to its Mid-Atlantic Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Traffic Signal Department.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • John Boule Joins Parsons Brinckerhoff

    John Boulé, former commander of the New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has been named a vice president of Parsons Brinckerhoff.

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • Big Blue Bus Director Completes Hiring for Key Departmental Positions

    The city of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (BBB) just rounded out its staff roster with two promotions from within the city’s ranks and two new hires. This group brings decades of transit knowledge and experience to supporting BBB’s vision of...

    Press Release • December 26th, 2012

  • Trojan Battery Launches iPad App

    Finding the most current information on Trojan Battery Co. products and markets is now faster and easier with the launch of the company’s new iPad App.

    Press Release • December 25th, 2012

  • Axiomtek Acquires System Integrator

    Axiomtek announced that its North American subsidiary, Axiomtek USA, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Methuen, MA-based Embedded Computing Solutions (ECS) business unit of Suntron Corp.

    Press Release • December 21st, 2012

  • Jean-Bernard Lévy Appointed Chairman and CEO of Thales

    The board of directors co-opted Jean-Bernard Lévy as a director and subsequently elected him to the position of chairman and chief executive officer of Thales.

    Press Release • December 20th, 2012

  • SFMTA Begins Renewable Fuel Pilot for Maintenance Vehicles

    The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which manages all surface transportation in the city, announced a pilot program to begin fueling eight SFMTA medium-duty maintenance trucks with biodiesel. Expansion of the pilot program is...

    Press Release • December 20th, 2012

  • New BART Directors Sworn in Radulovich Voted President, Keller Vice President

    The BART Board of Directors welcomed two newly elected members and voted to elect Director Tom Radulovich as president and Director Joel Keller as vice president of the board.

    Press Release • December 20th, 2012

  • Catenary Safety Monitoring System (CSMS) Patent Pending

    IMPulse NC LLC is pleased to announce its newest technology that will lower maintenance costs and provide greater reliability for electric commuter rail and light rail transit systems through an automated Catenary Safety Monitoring System (CSMS).

    Press Release • December 20th, 2012

  • Australia: Cubic and New South Wales Government Launch Opal Card Trials

    Trials have begun in Sydney of the new Opal smart card system for public transport, being installed by the Cubic-led Pearl consortium.

    Press Release • December 19th, 2012