News and Updates

This week’s update includes stories on commuter rail continues to make progress on PTC,

Posted February 2017

This week’s update includes stories on commuter rail continues to make progress on PTC, Sound Transit light-rail ridership rose 65.8% and feds delay Caltrain electrification money.

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BART Credits Center & Transit Elevator/Escalator Consortium w/Helping to Maintain its Skilled Labor

Posted February 2017

BART has a lot of elevators and escalators to maintain. In a recent article, the Elevator/Escalator Consortium member recognized its involvement in the Consortium as an important part of its ability to maintain the 175 escalators, 132 elevators and three wheelchair lifts within the agency’s system.

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This week’s update includes stories on Metro Could Lose more than $10M,

Posted February 2017

This week’s update includes stories on Metro Could Lose more than $10M, Metro-North Logs Ridership Record and MARTA Cancels Brookhaven Development.

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The Center Will Deliver its Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp at the NTI Transit Trainers Workshop this Mar

Posted February 2017

Continuing from the last NTI’s well-received workshop on Transit Training Bootcamp, this workshop helps transit trainers with insights into the principles of adult learning and presents techniques on how to deliver good training.

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Elevator-Escalator Consortium Welcomes Its Newest Member

Posted January 2017

The Center is pleased to announce that Amtrak has officially joined the Elevator-Escalator Consortium. As an active member, they will be attending the upcoming Elevator-Escalator meetings in early March, 2017.

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