Arup/WSP Joint Venture to provide planning and engineering services for BART Link21 Program
Multi-project initiative will transform Northern California’s 21-county passenger rail network into a better-connected system that is fast, safe, efficient, equitable and reliable. SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has selected Arup/WSP Joint Venture (JV) to provide planning and engineering services for its Link21 program. A multi-project initiative led by BART and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), Link21 aims to transform the passenger rail network in...
Stantec Selected to Lead Two Strategic Plans for Transit-Oriented Communities Under Federal Transit Administration Grant Program
Raleigh, North Carolina and Riverside, California look to prioritize equitable transit access along growing corridors Raleigh, NC and Los Angeles, CA: (August 19, 2021) Global integrated design firm Stantec’s Urban Places practice has been awarded the contract to lead two Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) programs. The two projects, located in Raleigh, North Carolina and Riverside, California, are funded through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) competitive transit-oriented...
Americans Riding Public Transportation in Greater Numbers
Some Areas Seeing More Than 80 Percent of Pre-Pandemic Ridership WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that transit ridership is rebounding in communities across the nation. Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's actions to tackle the pandemic, more Americans are on the move. As Americans are going to work, shopping and visiting friends and loved ones they are returning to transit. In some communities, transit ridership...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $16 Million Funding Opportunity to Help Communities Prosper through Transit
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $16.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects that help lift communities out of poverty by supporting transit service improvements in underserved communities. FTA's Areas of Persistent Poverty Program supports planning, engineering and technical studies or financial planning to improve transit services in any areas experiencing long-term e...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Major Milestone for the Hudson Tunnel Project
Action Allows Project of National Significance to Advance The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today jointly issued the Final Environment Impact Statement (Final EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the Hudson Tunnel Project. Completion of the Final EIS and ROD represents U.S. DOT’s commitment to working with New Jersey Transit and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority), in coordinati...
CAF Selects Infor to Power Parramatta Light Rail Project
Infor signs long-term contract with CAF Australia to provide enterprise asset management solutions for light rail construction project in Western Sydney SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Infor today announced that CAF Australia, a market leader in the design, manufacturing and implementation of comprehensive transport systems, has selected Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) for the Parramatta Light Rail project. Infor EAM will help CAF manage and maintain a diverse portfolio of assets including 13, 7...
Collin Chon Wins “Best of Show” at 2021 DART Student Art Contest
Collin Chon, a 5th grade student at Greenhill School in Addison, is this year's Best of Show winner in Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) annual Student Art Contest. Collin’s artwork, based on this year’s theme "Everyday Heroes Ride DART," was selected from 688 entries from students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Heroes come in many forms and this year's art contest gave young artists the chance to salute the hometown heroes that have kept our community going during the pandemic - everyd...
GET Worldwide, Inc. Creates Sustainable Cities with its Smart Transit Solutions
Global Electric Transport (GET) Worldwide, Inc. is providing zero emission mobility solutions for cities throughout the world with the introduction of a new fleet of state-of-the art zero-emission mini-buses. The San Diego, California based corporation began deploying its first fleet of GET buses in the cities of Manila & Davao, Philippines in December 2020. “We saw a dire need for a triple bottom line solution to alleviate the traffic and pollution in our dense urban centers. As a social...
DART and Trinity Metro Rail Lines to Connect at DFW Airport
On Tuesday, April 14, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a payment of $21.5 million to Trinity Metro for reimbursement of project costs incurred by Trinity Metro in the construction of approximately 2-miles of rail and platform facilities linking the Cotton Belt line to the DFWIA Terminal B passenger rail platform. The reimbursement is associated with the facilities to be shared by the DART Silver Line. In addition, DART will pro...
DART Celebrates Opening of Hidden Ridge Station in Irving
On April 9, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) celebrated the opening of the Hidden Ridge Station at Carpenter Ranch in Irving, the 65th station in the DART network. Developed in partnership with the City of Irving and Verizon Communications, the new station is located on the Orange Line between North Lake College and Irving Convention Center stations. Originally a part of the 3.9-mile Irving-2 opening of the Orange Line in December 2012, Hidden Ridge Station (formerly known as Carpenter Ranch...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
