Officials Commemorate 1st Anniversary of RAPID NW with plaque unveiling
Celebration continues with Universal Pass giveaway and half-price pass sale OKLAHOMA CITY – Officials with EMBARK and the City of Oklahoma City today celebrated the 1st anniversary of RAPID – the region's first bus rapid transit service – with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque. The event took place at RAPID’s park-and-ride located at the northeast corner of NW Expressway and Meridian Ave. “Happy first anniversary to RAPID,” said Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt. “Nearly half a mil...
UCLA receives nearly $20 million for transit projects, including California’s first wireless charging roadways
Artist rendering: Diego Alva/ Original Photo: Lance Patacsil Inductive charging coils will be installed below a portion of Charles E Young Dr., allowing electric passenger shuttles and heavy-duty buses to charge while in motion. The grant will support California’s first wireless charging roadway and BruinBus expansion Key takeaways The grant from the California State Transportation Agency will support the transition of UCLA’s BruinBus fleet to 100% electric and service expansi...
California Energy Project Launches Second Round of Transit Set-Aside Lane; Up to $15 Million Available in Zero-Emission Charging and Hydrogen Infrastructure Incentives
Transit fleets seeking to convert to zero-emission fleets, and in need of charging/fueling infrastructure, are encouraged to apply. Pasadena, CA – The California Energy Commission’s Energy Infrastructure Incentives for Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles (EnergIIZE) Project is excited to announce Year Two of the Transit Set-Aside Funding Lane, open now through Q1 2025. Administered by CALSTART and partner Tetra Tech, the Transit Set-Aside Lane will award up to $15 million in incentives for t...
HDR Selected to Design North Hollywood to Pasadena BRT Corridor
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected HDR to provide the final design of the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project. The BRT project will provide faster and more reliable service to meet the corridor’s growth by linking Los Angeles, Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena. Key destinations include the North Hollywood Arts District, Burbank Media District, Downtown Burbank, Glendale Galleria, Americana at Brand, Eagle Rock Plaza, Old Pasadena, an...
STV Celebrates the Successful Completion of Sound Transit’s Lynnwood Link Extension Project
SEATTLE, WA – STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, joins Sound Transit in celebrating the opening of the Lynnwood Link Extension, an 8.5-mile light rail route extending from Northgate into Snohomish County. Opening to the public on Friday, August 30, 2024, this project includes four new stations, allowing riders to travel between south Snohomish County and downtown Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport and more. “The Lynnwo...
Westchester County, NY selects GMV to provide Transit Technology Upgrade on 325 buses
The $16M contract and a new GMV office will establish a permanent footprint for the company in the New York Metro area LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2024 - Westchester County is home to a diverse population of more than 1 million people, with rail and bus connections into New York City. Following a competitive procurement, the County selected GMV to upgrade its transit technology platform to deliver more efficient service, better oversight of operations and improve the customer experience on Bee Line...
Link 2 Line Celebrates Grand Opening in Washington
HDR’s Construction Management Team Helped Deliver Landmark East Link Light Rail Extension Project The initial segment of Sound Transit’s 2 Line began operations April 27, the product of more than a decade of work to improve transit connections between Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond. The Bellevue-Redmond segment of the $3.7 billion project, also known as the East Link Extension, opened with trains that run every 10 minutes at eight stations. The remainder of the 2 Line is ex...
Cubic Selected to Upgrade Twin Cities’ Metro Transit Go-To Contactless Fare System
SAN DIEGO, April 9, 2024 (Newswire.com) - Metro Transit of Minneapolis-St. Paul has awarded a significant contract to Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) to upgrade and modernize the metropolitan region’s Go-To Contactless Fare System. Under the new program, Metro Transit will join other major cities, including New York, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, in leveraging Cubic’s state-of-the-art cloud technologies, real-time wireless and account-based processing solutions, while opening the sy...
Amtrak Celebrates Completion of New Baltimore Platform Construction
New Boarding Platform Five to Open This Spring at Baltimore Penn Station BALTIMORE – January 29, 2024 - Amtrak representatives and stakeholders gathered today with state, local and federal officials for a ribbon cutting to inaugurate a newly constructed boarding platform at Baltimore Penn Station. The new platform is scheduled to begin serving trains this spring. This project is part of Amtrak’s overall redevelopment of Baltimore Penn Station, a $150 million investment to improve custome...
Emissions-free transport milestone: Helsinki jubilantly opens new 25-kilometre light rail line
Photographer: Helsinki City Transport A new light rail line serving the Helsinki metropolitan area was taken into use amid much fanfare on Saturday, 21 October. Running crosstown between Espoo’s Keilaniemi and Helsinki’s Itäkeskus districts, the new light rail line is a substantial investment in zero-emissions public transport. It also brings the City of Helsinki one step closer to achieving its goal of carbon neutrality by the year 2030. A new light rail line serving the Helsinki metr...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
