Company News: North America

News on equipment and service providers from North America

• C-Tran employs Parsons Brinckerhoff for Vancouver BRT project

  June 11, 2013
  The Board of Directors of Clark County Public Transit Benefit Area Authority (C-TRAN), Washington, has approved awarding a contract of up to USD2.25 million for the proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) line on Vancouver's Fourth Plain corridor.

• RTG appoints BNY Mellon for Ottawa's LRT line

  June 11, 2013
  The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has been appointed as collateral agent, insurance trustee and financial model custodian by the Rideau Transit Group (RTG) for the Confederation Line transit contract.

• Cubic Payment Application Software Achieves PCI-DSS Certification

  June 10, 2013
  San Diego-based Cubic Transportation Systems has announced that the latest version of its Cubic Payment Application (CPA 3.0) has been successfully “Validated According to PA-DSS v2.0” by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council.

• Siemens to install Sitras SES Energy Storage Unit on TriMet LRT

  June 5, 2013
  Siemens will install the first Sitras SES Energy Storage Unit with super-capacitor technology on the upcoming Portland-Milwaukie light-rail transit (LRT).

• Caterpillar Tunneling Corporation selected as TBM supplier for Evergreen LRT

  June 3, 2013
  Toronto-based Caterpillar Tunneling Corporation has been selected to supply the tunnel boring machines (TBM), which will be used to excavate the 2-km tunnel section on the new SkyTrain Evergreen Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Line in Vancouver, British Columbia.

• Škoda and CSR Qingdao Sifang enters into technology licensing agreement

  June 3, 2013
  Czech rolling stock manufacturer Škoda Transportation has signed a 10-year technology licensing agreement with China-based CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Company Limited to produce ForCity 15T low-floor trams for the Chinese market.

• Cubic Transportation launches NextAgent virtual ticketing system

  May 29, 2013
  San Diego-based Cubic Transportation Systems has launched a transport ticketing concept, NextAgent, which uses high-speed video links to allow passengers to interact with ticketing staff in real-time.

• Proterra supplies EcoRide buses to San Joaquin RTD, California

  May 22, 2013
  Colorado-based manufacturer of zero-emission public transit solutions Proterra has deployed two of its zero-emission, fast-charge electric-battery EcoRide transit buses in San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) in Stockton, California.

• MWAA awards Dulles Metrorail contract to Capital Rail Constructors

  May 22, 2013
  The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) has selected Capital Rail Constructors for the second phase design and construction of the USD1.2 billion Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project.

• WMATA orders 100 Kawasaki metro cars [free access]

  May 22, 2013
  Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has ordered 100 Series 7000 metro cars from Japan-based Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

• New Flyer receives order from Metro Transit of Halifax

  May 17, 2013
  Canada-based New Flyer Industries announced that Metro Transit of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has awarded it a contract to supply 80 Xcelsior clean diesel, 40-foot heavy-duty buses.

• Nova Bus wins contract from CTA [free access]

  May 8, 2013
  Nova Bus, the North American subsidiary of Volvo Buses, has secured an order worth USD148 million from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for supplying 300 Nova LFS Smart Buses.

• OHL wins deal to restructure Cortland Street metro station, New York

  May 7, 2013
  Spanish construction firm OHL has won a USD89 million contract to restructure the Cortland Street metro station in New York.

• NYMTA selects Control Group for interactive displays

  May 7, 2013
  The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYMTA) has selected New York-based Control Group to provide up to 90 ‘On the Go’ interactive displays.

• Bombardier wins rail operations and maintenance contract in Florida

  April 16, 2013
  Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with the Florida Department of Transportation to provide operations and maintenance services for the Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit project (SunRail).

• Capstone receives order from DesignLine for Denver RTD electric bus fleet

  April 11, 2013
  California-based manufacturer of micro-turbine energy systems, Capstone Turbine Corporation, has received an order for thirty-four liquid fuel C30s batteries for use in DesignLine’s Eco Saver IV range extended electric buses.

• New Flyer receives CNG bus contract from Sun Metro of El Paso

  April 9, 2013
  Canada-based New Flyer Industries announced that Sun Metro of El Paso, Texas, has awarded it a contract for the supply of up to 202 Xcelsior compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty buses.

• MCI and Prevost win bus orders from Greyhound

  April 4, 2013
  Greyhound Lines has placed its largest bus order in more than 20 years for 220 new buses from two manufacturers: Motor Coach Industries (MCI) and Prevost.

• New Flyer wins bus contract from Phoenix Public Transit Division

  April 1, 2013
  Canada-based New Flyer Industries announced that the City of Phoenix Public Transit Division has exercised options assigned from a New Flyer contract with another Arizona transit agency, for 120 40-foot low-floor compressed natural gas (CNG) buses.

• Edmonton Transit awards bus contract to New Flyer [free access]

  March 25, 2013
  Canada-based New Flyer Industries announced that Edmonton Transit has approved the purchase of nine Xcelsior diesel 40-foot heavy-duty buses.