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COLLEGE STUDENTS GET HANDS-ON ESCALATOR LESSONS WITH BART
Engineering students from the University of California, Merced, are getting a chance to solve real-life problems, thanks to a partnership with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, Mass Transit reports. This spring semester, one of two student teams is scheduled to work on improving maintenance of BART escalators by finding ways to automatically measure and record escalators' step-chain elongation. It is hoped the data will help BART engineers improve the predictive-maintenance schedule. A dual purpose of the program is to create bonds with future engineers who will fill jobs left open by the large percentage of BART engineers who are retiring.
MIXED-USE PALM JUMEIRAH TOWER NEARLY COMPLETE IN DUBAI
Developer Nakheel has announced that concrete work on its Palm Tower on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah is more than 80% complete, with 42 of 50 floors delivered. The remainder are expected to be delivered by the third quarter of 2018. Located in the heart of the famous artificial archipelago Palm Jumeirah, Palm Tower will have a 289-room St. Regis hotel on the first 18 floors with approximately 430 residences above. Its rooftop complex will boast an infinity pool, public-viewing deck and fine-dining restaurant. Palm Tower is "at the doorstep" of the 1.1-million-sq.-ft. Ittihad indigenous nature park.
THYSSENKRUPP FLEET VEHICLE ON DISPLAY AT CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
thyssenkrupp Elevator's 2018 Ford Transit Connect vehicle is part of the Ford exhibit at the Chicago Auto Show, the oldest and longest-running auto show in North America, through February 19 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Ford brought Transit Connect to the U.S. from Europe in 2010. Since then, the thyssenkrupp Transit Connect fleet, consisting of propane, electric and hybrid vehicles, has "played an important role in helping thyssenkrupp meet its ambitious sustainability goals" and resulted in thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas being recognized by Automotive Fleet as having one of the greenest commercial fleets in the U.S.
MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL TOWER COMING TO JAMAICA, QUEENS
A 24-story, 254-ft.-tall tower with 522 apartments and ground- and cellar-level retail (ELENET 641) is coming to 147-07 94th Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York, New York YIMBY reports. GF55 is the architect of record, and Artimus Construction is the developer. Currently home to an existing three-story building, the site is convenient to public transit, including the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road train station one block away. The development will include an array of resident amenities, such as private and common terraces, and more than 100 parking spaces. A completion date has not been announced.
Image: BART
http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12396536/bart-teams-up-with-uc-merced-engineering-students-through-innovate-to-grow-program
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