Metro Transit Police Department

LACMTA has selected AtkinsRéalis to provide program management support services for the transit agency’s acquisition of 182 new HR5000 cars from Hyundai Rotem. (Hyundai Rotem Photograph)

Transit Briefs: LACMTA, PATH, WMATA, HDR

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) advances the Southeast Gateway Line project and selects AtkinsRéalis to provide program management support services for its acquisition of 182 new rapid transit cars. Also, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will close the PATH Hoboken station for nearly a month next year to complete track and station work; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) launches an in-house training academy; and HDR Engineering, Inc., will lead scoping work for the Eau Claire to Twin Cities passenger rail project.

Image Courtesy of WMATA

Transit Briefs: WMATA, Amtrak

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Transit Police leaders graduate from DC Police Leadership Academy (DCPLA). Also, Oklahoma officials want to expand Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer into Kansas.