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After the passage of Proposition 209, the prices on state funded contracts fell by 5.6 percent relative to federally funded projects, for which race or gender preferences are still applied. [25] [26] As of 2020, this amounted to $1 billion to $1.1 billion annually in contracts not awarded to minority- and women-owned businesses. [26]
The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
In November 2017, Caltrans and Sumitomo announced that Siemens would replace Nippon Sharyo as a subcontractor. Under a new contract, valued at $371 million, Siemens would deliver 137 Siemens Venture single-level cars instead of bilevel cars. [8] Cars deliveries started in mid-2020 and entered service in February 2022. [9]
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) is a state cabinet-level agency with the government of California.The agency is responsible for transportation-related departments within the state. [1]
It is developed by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Safety Programs "in substantial conformance to" the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices developed by the Federal Highway Administration. The first edition of the CA MUTCD was published in 2006, replacing an earlier supplement to the national MUTCD.
This $23 million contract will provide “as needed” engineering and inspection services for structure construction projects in Caltrans Districts 1, 2, and 3-North. “Parsons has worked with the Caltrans for decades to improve California’s transportation system and provide greater mobility throughout the state,” said Mark Fialkowski ...
The Portal, also known as the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX), [1] is a planned second phase of the Salesforce Transit Center.When complete, it will extend the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor commuter rail line from its current northern terminus at 4th and King via a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) tunnel. [2]
Caltrans defended the cars, calling them fundamentally sound and saying the settlement was the best deal available as Amerail was preparing to go out of business. [ 4 ] After the problematic delivery of the California Car, Amtrak set out to create a more advanced and reliable second generation of Bi-Level intercity car.