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Improving transit safety and efficiency with the innovative Yard Control System

May 29, 2023

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Testing innovative solutions without impacting existing rail operations is a challenge. Stantec’s Rail and Transit Lead for British Columbia, Firas Al-Tahan, is using Stantec’s Greenlight Program to apply tried and tested freight technology to motivate our next generation of transit engineers in a first of its kind, transit innovation lab in Vancouver, Canada.

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Based in Vancouver, Firas specializes in highly interdependent, infrastructure rail and transit projects. A professional engineer, he has extensive experience with railway integration that spans the entire asset and project lifecycle.
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