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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

Trapeze to equip Houston Metro

Will provide Enterprise Asset Management technology to manage right-of-way, including inspections, defect recording and repair of rail track, signals, switches, catenary, and electric traction.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

Fras-le unveils new product

Fras-le's new dynamometer, for light- and medium-duty vehicle testing, is designed to reproduce actual vehicle road conditions and will test for durability, wear, performance and NVH.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

Federal leaders highlight new transit safety authority

MAP-21 requires, among other things, that FTA define and establish a State Safety Oversight program to ensure that rail transit systems are meeting stringent safety requirements.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

Transit Marketing Group names new eastern sales manager

Sara DiOrio will be responsible for representing UTC MobileView Surveillance Systems, Kiel Seating and Sutrak HVAC Systems in the eastern region of the U.S.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

NJ Transit cracks down on ticket fraud

More than 200 arrests related to counterfeit activity have been made in the past two years. Agency train crews began using UV scanners to inspect weekly and monthly passes, which now contain an anti-counterfeit measure that can only be detected with these special UV scanners.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

TriMet wins union contract dispute

The agency’s Last Best Offer takes effect as the union contract. The new contract is retroactive to when the previous contract with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757 expired, November 30, 2009. The new contract expires November 30, 2012.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

Nokia offers transit app for Windows phone

The app, which has been in beta testing for a couple of months, lets you put in a location and immediately get back a number of routes, presented as timelines of walking, waiting and riding.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2012

N.Y. Public Transit group to hold 'Great Ideas' conference

Held Sept. 19 to 20 at The Saratoga Hilton and City Center, the conference includes nationally recognized speakers, the state’s only transit industry trade show, and a film festival.

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Newsby StaffJuly 13, 2012

TriMet driver who kicked family off bus retires

She feared losing the agency's retiree healthcare benefits if she was terminated. Had two high-profile conflicts with mothers of crying children in the past year, and received 115 complaints since 2009.

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Newsby StaffJuly 13, 2012

Clever Devices acquires Digital Recorders

The company, which was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Recorders Inc., will become a division of Clever Devices, remaining in its facility in Durham, N.C.

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