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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2017

Gov. Baker withdraws support of plan to cut MBTA weekend rail service

The proposal to cut the weekend service for a year, which had been heavily criticized, was among a number of options on the table as the public transit agency looks to close a $42 million budget gap.

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2017

Troup promoted to HNTB’s Northeast Division rail market sector leader

He has significant experience managing high-density transit design, operations, maintenance and construction in heavily urbanized environments such as the Northeast corridor and the New York metropolitan region.  

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2017

Valley Metro extends 5-year rail service contract with ACI

The company began service operations for Valley Metro Rail prior to the opening in December 2008 and has expanded from the original 20 miles to include six new miles of extensions in 2015 and 2016.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

Metra starts next in-house railcar rehab program

The first round of the program, which began in 2010 and cost $115 million, renovated 176 railcars that were manufactured by Amerail (originally Morrison Knudson) and delivered to Metra between 1995 and 1998.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

TTC says bus, streetcar safety improvements saving lives

According to a report on the agency’s Safe Service Action Plan, from the start of 2015 to the end of 2016 there were six deadly crashes involving buses or streetcars. In the four years before that, there were 21 fatal collisions.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

CDTA, INIT partner for modern Intelligent Transportation Management system

The contract will modernize CDTA’s existing fleet management system to a cloud-hosted system, upgrade the automatic passenger counting system, and deploy real-time passenger infotainment displays on-board and at various stop locations.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

Niles joins HNTB as senior project manager

Federal transit expertise will benefit planning and delivery of mega infrastructure programs in the region.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

Senior population growth impacts Laketran demand on Dial-a-Ride

Ridership has increased 14 percent over the last three years and has no sign of slowing down. The January 2017 ridership is up 12% over January 2016.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

COMTO honors HDR’s Greene with 'Women Who Move the Nation' award

Greene currently provides services for the robust Link Union Station project in Los Angeles, and the $8.2 billion Honolulu Rail Transit project in Hawaii.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2017

Smith named new deputy CEO at TheRide

Smith, who joined the team as of February 27, has been in the public transit industry for over twenty years.

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