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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2012

Cap Metro launches hydrogen hybrid bus pilot program

The bus will be fueled daily at a state-of-the-art hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Texas. The facility allows for the on site generation, compression, storage and dispensing of hydrogen.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2012

ABC delivers 5 Van Hools to Calif. operator

Located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, West Valley Trailways has grown to 21 full-sized coaches and four minis, and operates charters and tours throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2012

N.C. county to add transit referendum to ballot

The decision comes just under a year after Durham called the Triangle’s first transit referendum, approving its own half-percent sales tax surcharge with a 60% majority. Durham County is waiting to impose the tax until after similar measures are approved in both Orange and Wake counties.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2012

House Transportation budget contains $4B reduction

The draft of the proposal released Wednesday contains a $3.9 billion reduction for the agencies from 2012 spending and it is $1.9 billion less than President Obama requested for the departments earlier this year.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

DART honors 250 millionth light rail customer

The daily DART Rail rider, Don Johnson, was greeted by DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas and Michael Melaniphy, president/CEO of APTA.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

Chicago Transit to reconstruct rail line

The project, one of the biggest CTA construction projects in its history, will completely rebuild the tracks and track bed on the 10-mile stretch of the Red Line known as the Dan Ryan Branch.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

Pittsburgh Port Authority to cut 13 light rail stops

Stops selected for elimination were identified due to their low boarding counts and proximity to other stops. The longest distance any rider affected by the change would have to travel to reach another light rail stop is about 650 yards.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

S.F. MTA receives $49M to fund rail projects

The Central Subway Project will receive $48.4 million in state funds, allowing for continued progress on extending the T Third Line. The Persia Triangle Project, which will improve pedestrian amenities and transit circulation at three intersections, will receive $675,734.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

Questions raised about Detroit rail project

DOT Secretary Ray LaHood asked Mayor Dave Bing, Gov. Rick Snyder and members of the private M-1 Rail group about Detroit’s 3.3-mile, $137 million rail line project costs and who would eventually run it.

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Newsby StaffJune 6, 2012

Proterra launches Calif. electric bus demo

The demonstration project will introduce the San Joaquin RTD’s first fully electric buses into service, reducing energy consumption, waste and pollution in California’s Central Valley, an area of strategic importance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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