Urban transport news from the Americas

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  Grade separated junction opens in Chicago

  2021-12-01T08:35:00+00:00

  USA: Chicago Transit Authority has opened a grade-separated junction north of Belmont station, the first major improvement to be completed as part of its $2·1bn Red and Purple Modernisation Phase One project.

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  Mexico City metro track renewals contract

  2021-11-30T12:32:00+00:00

  MEXICO: Comsa has been awarded an €80m contract to undertake track and electrical system renewals on Mexico City metro Line 1.

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  Metra ticket machine contract aims to eliminate on-train cash sales

  2021-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

  USA: Chicago commuter rail operator Metra has awarded VenTek International a two-phase contract worth up to $70m to supply 650 ticket vending machines and provide five years of maintenance, so that all 242 stations will have a TVM.

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  San Diego opens Mid-Coast light rail extension

  2021-11-22T17:30:00+00:00

  USA: The Mid-Coast Extension of San Diego’s light rail network was opened for revenue service on November 21, when the San Diego Association of Governments hosted celebrations at the University of California San Diego Central Campus in La Jolla.

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  Federal Transit Administration sets out funding priorities

  2021-11-18T12:00:00+00:00

  USA: The Federal Transit Administration has set out its key funding priorities after President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act into law on November 15.

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  CAF wins its first Canadian light rail contract

  2021-11-18T10:26:00+00:00

  CANADA: The city of Calgary has selected CAF to supply 28 light rail vehicles for Stage 1 of the future Green Line.

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