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Governor Advances Transit-Oriented Development in Baltimore

The Maryland Transit Administration is advancing the nearly $1.4 billion Light Rail Modernization Program, which modernizes the Baltimore Central Light Rail Line from Hunt Valley to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport with new, low-floor vehicles and upgrades to all light rail stations, systems, and maintenance facilities.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2018

APTA urges increase in public transit TIGER grants

Only 3.6% of the TIGER grants that were recently announced went to public transit projects, representing a significant decrease in public transit TIGER grants.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2018

WSP USA names Las Vegas office leader/sr. engineering manager

In his new position, John Meng will provide focus, direction, and leadership, as well as project management and technical expertise on local projects as appropriate.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

Pilot program brings Cap Metro bus info to blind, visually impaired

The program, which will run for the next 60 days at 16 bus stops, was developed by Connecthings, in partnership with RATP Dev USA, BlindSquare, and BlueCats.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

Former MARTA CEO joins Grande West board of directors

Keith Parker is currently the president and CEO of Goodwill of North Georgia, and previously served as CEO/GM of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

Europe's FlixBus to pilot electric buses on long-distance routes

Beginning in April, the first all-electric Flix-E-Buses will begin test operations with the premiere route between Paris and Amiens, France. The second Flix-E-Bus will hit the road between Hessen and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in Summer 2018.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

Sacramento RT unveils 'Rolling Art' light railcars

The artists were selected from a juried registry based on their individual bodies of work that would suit the scale of light rail trains.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

Texas cities pilot low-income, ride subsidy program

This pilot programk, which launches April 2, will help provide low-income families and individuals with mobility solutions within Collin County. 

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2018

BART, Caltrain set timetable to equip rail systems with Wi-Fi

BART is in negotiations with a vendor to install Wi-Fi in the transit system’s 46 stations and aboard all of its 775 new cars, with hopes of having a deal by the summer, with Caltrain set to have Wi-Fi on its new trains by 2022.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2018

California bullet train plan shows cost increases

Increases affect each segment of the project ranging from 20% to 35% and show revised schedules that would push out delivery dates.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2018

BusCon 2018 Call for Papers Deadline 3/16

Topics can be related to delivering superior customer service, employee training & retention, solving operational challenges and ideas for cost-cutting, technology and data best practice, revenue generation, and business-building.

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