New Jersey Transit. (Equipment).(Brief Article)

The path to building cost-effective and successful public transportation systems is long and slow. Over the life of a project, the construction phase often takes less time than the preliminary planning work required. It takes years to identify the need for new services, plan routes, obtain federal and local authorizations, ......

For some businesses, the costly drive to end the stranglehold of traffic congestion has become the hottest game in town. Engineering the campaign is the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, whose 30-year, $184 billion spending blueprint is the envy of local government -- and the subject of fierce contractor battles....

Defeat of Prop. 156 won't cause near-term delays Despite the defeat of the $1 billion rail bond measure Proposition 156 and the subdued reception surrounding the debut of the commuter train Metrolink, ambitious rail projects for the Inland Empire are chugging along pretty much on track. Most of the rail ......

Santa Fe— State transportation officials in New Mexico are considering several options for the route of the rail line that would be used to link Santa Fe with points south as part of a regional commuter train system. The various alternatives — all designed to get around the steep climb ......

HEADNOTE COMMUTER RAIL PLANNING IS UNDERWAY FOR A NEW COMMUTER rail system in southeast Wisconsin. This project should be of interest to all businesses in Wisconsin because it will pay off in economic development for both the region and the state, and will likely increase overall tax revenue for the ......

Austin has begun work on the first leg of an area commuter rail system. Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the administering entity for the commuter rail project, and has contracted Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) to serve as project manager for the 32-mile-long line, which will link Austin with ......

The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, moving aggressively to break months of negotiating gridlock, is expected this week to unveil a series of tough, new legal moves to acquire 310 miles of rail track from Santa Fe Railway. The change in strategy, which local transit officials term "dramatic," is needed ......