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PEOPLE & PLACES
Tunnel boring begins on
Vancouver's Broadway
Subway Project
▶ Two behemoths named Elsie and Phyllis
are helping push the Broadway Subway
Project forward in Metro Vancouver,
British Columbia, in a big way. After
months of prepping the launch site and
assembling the tunnel boring machines
(TBMs), the province of British Columbia
says tunnel excavation has begun. The
TBMs will launch separately from the
Great Northern Way-Emily Carr Station
and are expected to take about a year to
tunnel five kilometers (3.1 miles) to Cypress
Street. Elsie, named after Elizabeth
MacGill, will begin work first. The second
TBM, Phyllis, named after Phyllis Munday,
is expected to begin tunnel boring this
winter after assembly is complete.
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Officials celebrate completion
of the Long Island Rail
Road Third Track project
▶ The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)
Third Track project is complete with
state and transit officials marking the
milestone on Oct. 3. The project saw
the construction of a new 9.8-mile
section of track between Floral Park
and Hicksville that will allow LIRR
greater operational flexibility and support
an increase of service across the
system when Grand Central Madison
opens later in 2022. The newly built
Third Track is physically the southernmost
track on the roadbed and will
carry eastbound service. It opened
in three sections, with the first leg
opening August 15 through New
Hyde Park and Merillon Avenue and
the second stretch to Mineola on August
30. The Third Track project is a
central element to the LIRR Main Line
Expansion Project, which includes the
renewal of five LIRR stations along
the route, the elimination of eight
at-grade railroad crossings, upgrades
at seven railroad bridges, parking
expansions, installation of new sound
attenuation barriers and landscaping
improvements. With only minor station
work left to complete, the project
is heading toward the finish line $100
million under budget almost four
years after breaking ground.
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FTA awards $8.6 million
in grants through the
Tribal Transit Program
▶ The Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) has awarded $8.6 million in
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of November 2022

Editor’s Notebook
People & Places
Best Practices: Data Management
Best Practices for Cybersecurity
2022 Transit Safety & Security Report
GCRTA’s five areas of concentration for a robust DBE program
Mixed Fleets: The future of microtransit and paratransit
Beyond Carbon Reduction: Electric Buses Provide Resilience for Climate Emergencies
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