December 18, 2020
Wabtec, Keolis Sign Three-Year Partnership Deal Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Combining Wabtec’s products and Keolis’ transportation operations experience, the partners will offer “tailored solutions” that focus on HVAC, brakes, rolling stock monitoring, pantographs, and passenger information systems.
Wabtec Corp. and Keolis Group will team on commercial activities and product development for the freight rail and transit markets under a three-year international agreement.
Lilian Leroux, President, Wabtec’s Transit business
Combining Wabtec’s products and Keolis’ transportation operations experience, the partners will offer “tailored solutions” that focus on HVAC, brakes, rolling stock monitoring, pantographs and passenger information systems. Additionally, they aim “to provide operators with technologies that reduce energy consumption, accelerate the shift to green, and en
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Editor s Note: The following was submitted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
DEDHAM The town of Dedham and city of Boston have launched a community process to assess transportation and safety needs along the VFW Parkway/Providence Highway corridor.
The project will evaluate how to meet the travel and safety needs of all users, including motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, local residents and area businesses. As part of the launch, the municipalities are asking residents and businesses to take a survey on what should be addressed.
The action plan, made possible through funding secured by state Sen. Michael Rush and state Rep. Paul McMurtry, will concentrate on the roadway between the intersection of Spring Street and VFW Parkway in West Roxbury and the Marine Rotary at Washington Street in Dedham. Designed primarily as a higher-speed vehicle corridor, the area has almost no accommodations for pedestrians, bicyclists or transit riders
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Enel X North America Sees Strong Growth Across Storage, Demand Response and EV Charging as More Organizations Shift Towards Decarbonization in 2020
December 17, 2020 GMT
BOSTON - December 17, 2020 - ( Newswire.com )
Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, today announced record growth and key milestones across the business in 2020, as commercial and industrial customers, utilities, cities and consumers embrace the increasing need to address the global climate crisis through the adoption of sustainable energy solutions.
“Throughout 2020, we’ve experienced constant effects of the climate crisis, from heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires and more, yet we’ve seen businesses, utilities, consumers and cities alike reaffirm their commitments to more sustainable energy solutions that support the local grid and the environment,” said Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X No
New York, Boston Transit Agencies Back Off Proposed Cuts
News of a potential economic stimulus package in Congress is followed by news that two of the nation s most prominent transit systems are reducing cuts proposed to address plummeting revenues. December 17, 2020, 6am PST | James Brasuell | The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is backing off from approving the so-called doomsday budget that would have seen major cuts to subway and bus service in the city, according to an article by Spectrum News.
The MTA previously announced a proposed budget that would have cut 40 percent of weekday subway service and laid off more than 9,000 employees.
History was made Dec. 15 when President-elect Joe Biden named former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation. In addition to being the first openly gay member of a U.S. President’s Cabinet, Buttigieg is also noteworthy both for his lack of hands-on experience managing any sort of transportation department or agency and for his small-city background. But according to one analysis of the appointment, this may actually be a good thing, for it may mean that federal transportation policies may actually pay attention to those Americans who get the lowest quality of transit service, namely, those living in our smaller cities.