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News•by Staff•December 22, 2016

BlackBerry unveils innovation center for connected, autonomous vehicles

One of the center's first projects will be supporting this pilot as well as BlackBerry QNX's work with the University of Waterloo, PolySync, and Renesas Electronics to build an autonomous concept vehicle.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2016

Athens Transit's director wins Ga. 'Outstanding Manager of the Year' award

Butch McDuffie has worked with local elected officials and state legislators to improve awareness of public transportation opportunities, develop legislation, and identify alternative funding sources for all public transit systems across Georgia.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2016

Utah Transit Authority's Provo-Orem BRT line gets $75M fed infusion

From the north, the line will originate at the Orem Transit Center and run to downtown Provo, with stops at Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, and the Provo Central Station.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2016

MBTA served with default, dispute notices over PTC implementation

Pan Am Southern LLC and Pan Am Railways report that MBTA has disavowed the 2014 agreement, raising questions about the three railroads’ ability to implement PTC on Boston-area rail lines by the federal deadline.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2016

Jacksonville Transportation Authority named Fla.'s 'Outstanding System'

Agency was judged on safety, operations, maintenance, access, customer service, financial management, sustainability, workforce development, attendance and employee costs, minority and women advancement, marketing, and community relations.

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News•by Staff•December 21, 2016

New Orleans-Baton Rouge commuter rail plan gets fed funds

The timeline for the new service will take several years, since  commuter train line has not existed between the two cities previously and a source of local public funding must be identified.

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News•by Staff•December 21, 2016

China's first self-developed driverless train to open in Hong Kong

The first driverless train was produced at a factory in Hong Kong in March of this year.

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News•by Staff•December 21, 2016

FTA approves proposed N.C. light rail station at university

With the station at NCCU, the 17.7-mile rail line will stretch from UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill to NCCU in Durham, connecting three major universities.

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News•by Staff•December 21, 2016

Valley Metro taps company for Tempe streetcar design work

Stantec Consulting Services was also involved in the construction of the first 20 miles of the Valley Metro light rail construction that was completed in 2008, as well as the extensions into downtown Mesa and in northwest Phoenix.

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News•by Staff•December 21, 2016

Light rail extension to south of Seattle links downtown, university

The 1.6-mile South 200th Link Extension to Angle Street Station in the Seattle suburb of SeaTac connects Sound Transit travelers to the existing 18.8-mile Link light rail that runs north to Seattle-Tacoma Airport, the city’s downtown, Capitol Hill and the University of Washington.

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