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CTA car pact to top $1 bil. Bombardier, Alstom, Kawasaki bid for agency's richest plum.(News)(Chicago Transit Authority)
Crain's Chicago Business, October, 2005 by Hinz, Greg
Byline: GREG HINZ The cash-strapped Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward with plans to spend more than $1 billion on new railcars, its richest contract award ever. Agency officials are reviewing bids from three international firms, at least two of which have retained a posse of politically connected consultants, lawyers and public relations experts to help them win the right to build more than 700 train cars for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).
Sources close to the process say Alstom Transportation Inc., a division of French engineering giant Alstom S.A.; Bombardier Inc., the Montreal-based aircraft and railcar manufacturer; and Kawasaki Rail Car Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese transportation company Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., all submitted...
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