Sentences with phrase «light rail projects»

As John Doyle points out in the Globe and Mail, The War on the Car that Rob Ford just won, where he plans to cancel light rail projects and bike lanes across town, is not a war on elites and artsy people; it is a war on «lunch - pail, blue - collar people,» the students, the elderly, the poor working people who overwhelmingly take transit.

The company will relieve pressure in Thunder Bay, Ont., by shifting light rail projects for Metrolinx in Greater Toronto and the Kitchener - Waterloo region to its facility in Kingston, Ont.

Extensions for the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro metros and other metro and light rail projects in many Brazilian cities are also on the agenda — although not proceeding fast enough for many Brazilians.

THE Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, is expected to visit China to finalise the Chinese Nexim Bank credit facility to complement financing of the Abuja light rail project...

Some residents of Ido Local government area in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital and their counterparts from Odeda Local government area in Ogun state on Monday sacked Chinese construction workers handling the Ibadan - Lagos light rail project.

-- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $ 900 million federal grant agreement for the Maryland Purple Line Light Rail Project.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that it will issue $ 100 million in grant funding to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for its Green Line Extension (GLX) light rail project.

PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced an agreement for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide $ 745.2 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for the Portland - Milwaukie light rail project, which will significantly expand transit options and create easier commutes between downtown Portland and the Milwaukie suburbs.

«The Portland - Milwaukie light rail project will bring more great transportation options to people in the region, create thousands of jobs during construction and boost economic development along the new line for years to come.»

According to TriMet, more than 14,500 jobs are expected to be created during construction of the Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail Project, which includes construction of 10 new stations and a new transit bridge over the Willamette River to facilitate the 7.3 - mile expansion of light rail service from Portland State University, across the river and into Milwaukie and north Clackamas County.

«The Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail Project will make a huge difference in the quality of life of thousands of people in the greater Portland area, connect residents in north Clackamas County to jobs downtown and breathe new life into older neighborhoods like Brooklyn,» said Administrator Rogoff.

«By investing in this light rail project, we are helping thousands of workers, seniors, students and others in Maricopa County connect with jobs, medical care, and all the services this region has to offer.»

After a decade of fits and starts, the Tel Aviv light rail project finally collapsed last week.

Charlotte, N.C., LYNX Blue Line is frequently cited by TOD advocates as a good example of a light rail project that focused on TOD and got it right.

Not exact matches

EllisDon won the $ 5.3 - billion contract to build Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line, the largest PPP project in Canadian history, working alongside ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon and SNC - Lavalin as part of the Crosslinx Transit Solutions consortium (the project is scheduled to be completed in 2021).

Proceeds from the bond will support seven projects: Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) in Toronto: $ 407 million GO Transit Whitby Rail -LSB-...]

The two projects are estimated to cost $ 4.48 billion, compared to both phases of light rail and the Broadway extension being estimated at $ 4.81 billion in 2015.

Last month's cancellation of rail electrification projects in the north of England and elsewhere was made in the same week that the Crossrail 2 line in London received the green light.

«It was a tough project, but it came up beautiful,» said Daniel Mercado, Northern Manhattan Parks Manager, who explained that construction had been challenging from the beginning given the elevated slope of 150 feet.The new 1100 - foot - long, switch - back ramp includes new lighting, railings and retaining walls, pavement markings and signage, and numerous trees and plantings.

The contractor for the project will continue to work on adding lighting, guide rails, drainage and striping of the highway, along with replanting the 340 trees and 100 bushes removed during the work.

«My hope is that the NFTA would emphasize the track and the light rail rapid transit system that we have,» said Higgins, who is often credited with bringing federal dollars to some major local projects.

The project would comprise two tunnels, each with three lanes of traffic, and a third tube for maintenance and light rail.

The MTA committed to fund the light rails» Alternative Analysis study, which would delve deep into the nuts and bolts of the project, along with a study on reactivating the Rockaway Beach Rail Line.

The new Portland — Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project line will feature supercapacitors to make use of the electricity from regenerative braking.

The Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project (Regional Connector) is a 1.9 - mile underground light rail connection between the Little Tokyo / Arts District Station to the 7th Street / Metro Center Station in downtown Los Angeles.

Located in Southwest Los Angeles, the project consists of the construction of an 8.5 - mile light rail transit (LRT) line including a minimum of six transit stations (with off - street parking), the procurement of a minimum of 20 light rail vehicles, and the construction of a full service maintenance facility.

The Denver Union Station project in lower downtown Denver, Colorado, includes design, development, and construction of a new light rail station, an underground bus facility, a passenger rail station that will serve both Amtrak and Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) trains, as well as public spaces to integrate the transportation components.

Located in Southwest Los Angeles, the Crenshaw / Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Transit Corridor Project consists of the construction of an 8.5 - mile light rail transit (LRT) line (the «Crenshaw / LAX Line»), including a minimum of six transit stations (with off - street parking), the procurement of a minimum of 20 light rail vehicles, and the construction of a full service maintenance facility.

The TIGER program puts American workers back on the job by helping to rebuild our nation's roads and bridges, and working on innovative projects like streetcar and light rail systems.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Deputy Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan today joined Missouri and Illinois officials to kick off the Eads Bridge Rehabilitation Project, which will repair and restore the historic, 138 - year old bridge and ensure safe and efficient light rail service for thousands of people who use the bridge to cross the Mississippi River every day.

The Project, along with the introduction of East Link light rail by Sound Transit, is intended to provide a catalyst for redevelopment of the BelRed neighborhood to be connected, multi-modal, pedestrian - friendly, and transit - oriented.

The FTA grant clears the way for TriMet to begin construction of the light rail extension and covers half of the total cost of the $ 1.49 billion project.

The Operations & Maintenance Satellite Facility: East («Project») is a proposed facility that will maintain, store, and deploy light rail vehicles.

The project includes the construction of 21 stations, two vehicle and maintenance storage yards with shop facilities and the procurement of 25 articulated light - rail vehicles.

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One of the largest employers is the Portland - Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project, which will create a 7.3 - mile rail system connecting the two citRail Transit Project, which will create a 7.3 - mile rail system connecting the two citrail system connecting the two cities.

The airport plans also allow for the eventual addition of a light rail link to downtown Nashville, although that is a separate city project.

The attitude about cycling here is just one of many things to cheer: a planned light - rail bridge that will also bring $ 40 million in new buffered bike lanes and paths; a proposed apartment project with 1,200 parking spaces for bikes; and a university that supports urban cycling research, Portland State, which last year released a scientific study proving that, yes, bike commuters really do arrive happier.

Pushing the limits of energy - efficient vehicles and switching to cleaner fuels, particularly in the non-LDV (Light Duty Vehicle) segment — truck, marine, pipeline, rail, and off - road equipment — are seen as key to averting projected increases in energy consumption and GHG emissions.

However, no small amount of acrimony has developed around the process, as Jerusalem's light rail system has bogged down into enormous delays and cost overruns, and Tel Aviv's mythical subway project proceeds at a snail's pace while traffic and air pollution increase exponentially.

Several urban transit projects were discussed, and Yishai Dotan, CEO of NTA (the company in charge of planning Tel Aviv's transit network), offered a convincing account of the benefits that the light rail / subway system is supposed to deliver.

In a country where the roads are the major public works projects in most places, upgrading bus lines to BRT technology could prove to be a more efficient transit solution than building light rails and subways, which require new and expensive infrastructures of their own.

Counsel to Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the design, build, finance and maintain project for the development of a light - rail transit line across the city of Toronto.

It also uses external law firms for large projects, such as the Friends of Lansdowne litigation and the city's $ 2 - billion light - rail transit project.

We also have our light - rail program which they are handling as s separate contract, so we will be monitoring those projects and see if there are any lessons learned over the last year or so.»

Gatmaytan also assisted Ernst & Young Solutions in the light rail transit line 6 project, which extends the line to the south of Metro Manila.

«We were used to the traditional, hands - on approach to municipal construction, so this was very different,» Claudia Pooli, a solicitor with the City of Edmonton, says of the Alberta capital's first P3 project, a light rail transit system that's being built with participation from three levels of government: municipal, provincial and federal.

Light Rail Manila Corp's $ 1.4 bn extension project Nabarro Pinsent Masons Shearman & Sterling SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

Construction of Maryland's Purple Line light - rail transit system will continue as scheduled, at least for now, following a federal appeals court ruling that frees Maryland from having to update the project's environmental studies MORE

• Successfully served as TriMet «s Construction Inspector and Field Engineer for all aspects of the I - 205 Green Line Light Rail Transit Construction and Clackamas Town Center Garage project including civil, track, landscaping and structural construction.