The Chicago Transit Authority (IL) received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for electrified vehicle stalls that will reduce emissions from parked buses.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is soliciting suggestions from the IT security community on the best ways to discuss cyber-security with the American public.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will add software on 182 rail cars to prevent trains from rolling backwards when operating in manual mode.
The Federal Communications Commission will seek funding for a national wireless communications network to allow emergency responders to share information across jurisdictions.
On the second day of hearings before the National Transportation Safety BoarNTSB, a parts manufacturer testified that mixing different types of signal equipment might have contributed to Metrorail’s fatal accident last June.
Proponents for the magnetic levitation train that would link Las Vegas (NV) and Anaheim (CA) have signed a letter of commitment with the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council.
The president and CEO of the Las Vegas Monorail (NV) discussed his long-range plans to extend the project to McCarran International Airport; the project may seek funds from FTA and from Chinese investors.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.