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Taking the Next Step Toward Improving Gender Equity in Transit
If you’ve ever taken public transportation, you’ve likely seen someone maneuvering a stroller down subway stairs, pushing a cart filled with groceries onto the bus, or making sure their children sit down before them. Often, they are women, whose travel ...
The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Communications Engineering
Whether you’re waiting on a subway station platform, or watching an action movie, we’ve all seen those folks using walkie-talkies – the police officers, firefighters, and transit employees – to talk to personnel underground. From day-to-day communications to emergency dispatch, ...
Transforming the LIRR: Opening of Grand Central Madison Marks the Biggest Milestone Yet for Railroad’s Growth
The recent opening of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Grand Central Madison – formerly known as East Side Access – was a watershed moment in the history of commuter rail in the New York Metropolitan ...
Creating a Modern Traction Power Converter Facility for SEPTA
Throughout the passenger rail market sector, the need to modernize our traction power infrastructure has emerged as a major priority for transit agencies in terms of making service more reliable for users. In many cases, some of the largest agencies ...
Viaduct Validation: STV’s Design of Complex Structure Brings New Transit Access to Massachusetts’s Communities
As the adage goes, “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” But to deliver on the design of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Green Line Extension (GLX) from Cambridge to Somerville and Medford, MA – which ...
STV Wins PSPE Award for Wayne Junction SFC Station Rehabilitation
STV has received a 2022 Honorable Mention Award in Electrical Power Systems Engineering from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) for its work on the Wayne Junction Static Frequency Converter (SFC) Station Rehabilitation project. For ...
STV Officer Appointed to APTA Executive Committee
Jose Bustamante, P.E., vice president and business unit leader in our transportation and infrastructure group, has been elected to serve on the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Executive Committee – the highest seat a member of the business community can ...
Four STV Projects Earn ACEC New York EEA Honors
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) recently announced its 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) winners. The longstanding EEA tradition honors member firms for design achievements of superior skill and ingenuity. We are pleased to ...
Preserving History While Providing Accessibility to Historic Rail Transportation
The history of mass transportation – extraordinary feats of engineering that were constructed by workers who labored in tunnels – drastically transformed communities across the nation more than 100 years ago. However, amidst ever-evolving technological, design, and infrastructure policy changes, ...
Skating Ahead: STV Designs New LIRR Elmont Station to Serve Belmont Redevelopment
STV is bringing its design expertise to the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) first new station in more than 45 years to improve transit access to a growing area currently undergoing significant redevelopment. STV is the architect- and engineer-of-record for ...
Years in the Making: Replacing New Jersey’s Portal Bridge
The 112-year-old, swing-style Portal Bridge, a rail bridge that spans the Hackensack River from Kearny to Secaucus, NJ, is notorious for failing to close properly for marine traffic, delaying commuters and bringing Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT service to a standstill. ...
Thinking Deeper Underground: STV Tunneling Experts Talk Urban Underground Construction
As more major American cities expand their transportation networks to incorporate a more dynamic mix of transit modes, the design and construction industry is increasingly turning to underground infrastructure – namely tunnels – to help facilitate service and capacity needs. ...
STV Systems Group Supports Growth of Seattle’s Sound Transit
To meet the needs of its exponentially growing commuter population, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) in Seattle has initiated one of the most ambitious public transportation system expansions in the country – adding new stations and line ...
Digging Deep: STV’s Tunneling and Geotechnical Engineering Group Grows
“If it’s on the ground or in the ground, we come in.” That’s how Frank Pepe, Jr., P.E., STV senior vice president and national director for tunneling and geotechnical engineering, describes his team’s vital work. After serving various clients with ...
Section 3 of Metro Purple Line Extension Project Moves Forward in Los Angeles
The third and final project section of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) Purple (D) Line Extension Project recently broke ground in Westwood and will bring new passenger transportation options to one of the nation’s most congested areas. ...
Helping Clients Provide Equity in Transit Service
As transit planners, working with our clients and community stakeholders to create more equitable access to public transportation – regardless of race, gender, age, or income level – is central to who we are and what we do. Whether it ...
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Taking the Next Step Toward Improving Gender Equity in Transit
If you’ve ever taken public transportation, you’ve likely seen someone maneuvering a stroller down subway stairs,…
STV Perspectives
The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Communications Engineering
Whether you’re waiting on a subway station platform, or watching an action movie, we’ve all seen…
Featured, Project News
Transforming the LIRR: Opening of Grand Central Madison Marks the Biggest Milestone Yet for Railroad’s Growth
The recent opening of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Grand Central…
STV Perspectives
Creating a Modern Traction Power Converter Facility for SEPTA
Throughout the passenger rail market sector, the need to modernize our traction power infrastructure has emerged…
Project News
Viaduct Validation: STV’s Design of Complex Structure Brings New Transit Access to Massachusetts’s Communities
As the adage goes, “the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” But to…
Project News
STV Wins PSPE Award for Wayne Junction SFC Station Rehabilitation
STV has received a 2022 Honorable Mention Award in Electrical Power Systems Engineering from the Philadelphia…
Employee News
STV Officer Appointed to APTA Executive Committee
Jose Bustamante, P.E., vice president and business unit leader in our transportation and infrastructure group, has…
Project News
Four STV Projects Earn ACEC New York EEA Honors
The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) recently announced its 2023…
STV Perspectives
Preserving History While Providing Accessibility to Historic Rail Transportation
The history of mass transportation – extraordinary feats of engineering that were constructed by workers who…
Project News
Skating Ahead: STV Designs New LIRR Elmont Station to Serve Belmont Redevelopment
STV is bringing its design expertise to the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) first new station…
Project News
Years in the Making: Replacing New Jersey’s Portal Bridge
The 112-year-old, swing-style Portal Bridge, a rail bridge that spans the Hackensack River from Kearny to…
Industry Trends, Roundtables
Thinking Deeper Underground: STV Tunneling Experts Talk Urban Underground Construction
As more major American cities expand their transportation networks to incorporate a more dynamic mix of…
Project News
STV Systems Group Supports Growth of Seattle’s Sound Transit
To meet the needs of its exponentially growing commuter population, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority…
Employee News, Transportation Times
Digging Deep: STV’s Tunneling and Geotechnical Engineering Group Grows
“If it’s on the ground or in the ground, we come in.” That’s how Frank Pepe,…
Project News, Transportation Times
Section 3 of Metro Purple Line Extension Project Moves Forward in Los Angeles
The third and final project section of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) Purple…
STV Perspectives
Helping Clients Provide Equity in Transit Service
As transit planners, working with our clients and community stakeholders to create more equitable access to…