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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

Chicago Transit to overhaul 60% of bus fleet

The board has awarded contracts to Cummins NPower LLC and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC to perform turnkey overhauls, which include supporting labor and the furnishing, installation and warranty of all supplies and materials associated with the project.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

Pierce Transit initiative rejected by voters

Because the three-tenths of 1% sales tax hike was not approved, the agency will be forced to reduce services by 53%, mostly affecting the poor, elderly and disabled.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

OCTA proposes new routes to improve efficiency

The three new routes are anticipated to provide faster service because there will be limited stops. The plan is the result of a Transit System Study.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

98% of N.Y. subways now running

Transit officials said they restored limited service to the last of 10 branches of the Long Island Rail Road commuter line that suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy. They are still working to mitigate overcrowding and slower than normal commutes.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

MBTA launches rail ticketing app

Customers can now purchase and display rail tickets and passes using the MBTA mTicket app for iPhone and Android. The tickets are displayed on the phone’s screen as an encrypted barcode and as a human-readable ticket. Partnered with Masabi U.S. Ltd.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

Downtown stations added to proposed Miami rail

All Aboard Florida, a company proposing passenger rail service between Miami and Orlando, would build a big new train station in Miami with tracks elevated on a platform four stories up. The company also plans to build similar stations in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

Calif. HSR called ‘project of the century’

The project that would link Northern and Southern California earned the nickname because it would cross two mountain ranges and a half-dozen earthquake faults, experts said.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

Alstom to deliver 14 new trains to Paris

Intended for line 14 of the Paris metro as part of the northbound extension of the line to Mairie de Saint-Ouen station. Deliveries will begin in 2014 and end in 2015.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

After Prop. 1 failure, C-Tran regroups

Voters rejected a sales tax increase of 0.1 percentage point in C-Tran's service district to pay for light rail. The board will discuss what to do next at a retreat meeting in January.

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Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2012

3,000 tons of steel arrives for Honolulu rail project

The shipment was the first of three for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation’s new rail project. In the meantime, state archeologists are studying human remains that were found along the proposed route.

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