News and Updates
Signals Training Consortium Successfully Pilots Two New Courses
Posted August 2015
It’s been a busy summer for the Signals Training Consortium. Since June, the consortium has completed three more instruction-ready courses:
* Course 105: Introduction and Overview to Cab & Wayside Signaling
* Course 106: Introduction and Overview to Interlockings
* Course 301: Troubleshooting Track Circuits
Weekly Update for August 6, 2015
Posted August 2015
This week’s update includes stories on President Obama this week nominated Beverly Scott, former head of Boston’s subway system, to a seat on the five-member National Transportation Safety Board, WMATA Completes Replacement of First Entrance Escalator at Bethesda Station and Obama Scolds Congress at Highway Bill Signing.
Read more...Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium Reconvenes at NYCT
Posted July 2015
Last week, the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium reconvened at NYCT in Brooklyn, NY. This team with over 350 years of cumulative experience in transit and training spent four intensive days working together on program development.
Read more...Weekly Update for July 23, 2015
Posted July 2015
This week’s update includes stories on access to reliable transportation, particularly public transportation, for returning military veterans with disabilities, Paris wants to bid Adieu to sexual harassment on public transportation and another funding deadline, another extension… but, what’s next?
Read more...New MTI Study Suggests Transit Benefits Substantially Greater than Costs
Posted July 2015
Just how much do investments in public transportation return? The July 2015 Mineta Transportation Institute report, “The Benefits of Transit in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Benefit-Cost Studies” attempts to answer this question quantitatively through a review of literature on benefits-costs (b-c) estimates of existing U.S. transit systems.
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