Article: Seeing stars in L.A.(News)(Los Angeles, United states)

Article: Beyond "Light Rail Lite"; International success with "quickways" ...
Mass Transit;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... BRT practice in the United States. This report--Advanced ... light rail line in the United States). That it is a stepping ... more than they value vehicle type). What did these ... different? In the United States, planning for BRT ...

Article: United States: SMART to pick trains.
TendersInfo;  February 21, 2009 ;     654 words ... ... as there are manufacturers who claim to be developing that vehicle type, said Matt Stevens, a SMART spokesman. The railcar manufacturers ... Committee will make a recommendation to the full board on the vehicle type #8220; compliant vs. noncompliant #8220; and the board ...

Article: U.S. passenger vehicle fleet 2004, active vehicle age ...
Railway Age;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... fleet 2004, Active vehicle age distribution (in millions) Vehicle type 5 yrs or less 6-11 yrs 12-15 yrs 16-20 yrs Articulated ... 54 73 44 Aerial tramways 0 0 0 0 Vintage trolley 3 0 0 0 Vehicle type 21-25 yrs 25+ yrs Total Average fleet fleet age (yrs ...

Article: United States: Vehicle projects grow Rochester ...
TendersInfo;  July 25, 2008 ;     695 words ... ... 60 in six seconds or less. "Were marketing this thing aggressively both in the U.S. and abroad for a light-strike-vehicle-type application," said Frank Antenori, Raytheons program manager for the project. The HY-DRA, which the companies essentially ...

Article: United states : Group calls for fuel tax to replace ...
TendersInfo;  September 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... kilometre can be levied according to factors such as time of day, location, distance travelled, real time congestion or vehicle type. It also suggests the introduction of congestion charges. Experience in other countries suggests that a long lead-in ...

Article: United States: AT&T launches $565M alternative-fuel ...
TendersInfo;  March 14, 2009 ;     598 words ... ... over the next decade, including $350 million on 8,000 compressed natural gas vehicles the largest investment in that vehicle type by an American company in history. The remaining $215 million will be spent replacing more than 7,000 passenger cars ...

Article: United States: "Smart" Sense: OMRON, IBM ...
TendersInfo;  April 4, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... on digitalized road map information and accounting for various conditions such as delivery, collection, time frame and vehicle type. Both IBM solutions use high-performance optimization algorithms developed by IBMs Tokyo Research Laboratory. Modal ...