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Photo Galleriesby StaffOctober 24, 2018

[Photos]BusCon 2018

A look at BusCon 2018, which was held at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Oct. 1 to 3. The show returns to Indianapolis in 2019 Sept. 23 to 25.

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Newsby StaffOctober 24, 2018

NJ TRANSIT accelerates locomotive engineer training

Program consists of 14 assistant conductors who are already rules-qualified, reducing their training time from 20 months to 12.

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Newsby StaffOctober 24, 2018

Metro-North launches plan to enhance, upgrade rail system

Way Ahead is a proactive response to growing ridership, changing demographics, and the evolving needs of customers.

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Newsby StaffOctober 24, 2018

Calif., Okla., latest to obtain FTA State Safety Oversight Certification

Federal law requires states with rail transit systems to obtain FTA certification of their SSO Programs by April 15, 2019.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2018

The state of national rail franchising in the UK

There are roughly 20 franchises, but these have varied over the years as the government has taken differing views of how most effectively to manage the myriad of train services.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2018

Researchers find Uber boosts public transit ridership

Mass-transit ridership was estimated using NTD data, which differentiates between different modes of travel.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2018

SFMTA could withhold $9.7M for troubled Transbay Transit Center

Building was shuttered in September, after workers found fissures in two steel beams that support the bus deck and rooftop park.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2018

COTA names new director of transportation

Charles Edwards first began working at COTA in 1998 as an operator.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2018

Ferguson to lead central region transit and rail market at WSP

In his new role, Ferguson, will be based in the firm’s Chicago office.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2018

RIPTA leases 3 Proterra electric buses using VW funding

Represents one of the first deployments to use funding from the Volkswagen AG diesel-emissions settlement.

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