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News•by Staff•December 30, 2009

NJ Transit to open ARRA-funded parking lot

New lot offers 120 daily spaces and 357 permit parking spaces, and more than doubles parking capacity at Edison Station.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2009

Private transit hearings ruled unconstitutional

Judge says cases involving criminal acts on New York City’s subways and buses cannot be heard in secret.

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News•by Staff•December 29, 2009

Conn. puts $6M into Positive Train Control system

The funding will pay for the preliminary engineering work necessary for a PTC system, which the federal government has mandated be in widespread use by 2015.

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News•by Staff•December 28, 2009

AECOM awarded $20M Edmonton LRT contract

The project's total construction value is approximately $708 million.

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News•by Staff•December 28, 2009

China unveils world's fastest train

It traveled 683 miles from Wuhan to Guangzhou in less than three hours.

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News•by Staff•December 28, 2009

Feds pay Va. for inauguration services

Has reimbursed $2.8 million of the $5.7 million that 51 of Virginia's state and local agencies spent helping with security for the inauguration.

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News•by Staff•December 28, 2009

SF supervisor wants to end $3K operator bonuses

Bonuses totaled approximately $18 million over last three years.

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News•by Staff•December 28, 2009

Railquip unveils new battery-powered railcar mover

It is available with stationary or on-board battery charger in customer's option and equipped with two rechargeable high performance batteries of 40 V/320AH capacity each.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2009

Sound Transit opens airport light rail extension

Agency collaborated with the Port of Seattle on the Airport Link project which included the new light rail station, pedestrian bridges connecting the station to the airport parking garage and a pick-up and drop-off area to the east serving the city of SeaTac.

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News•by Staff•December 22, 2009

Bombardier to supply rail cars to China

The contract comprises 246 Movia metro cars (41 six-car trains), including spare parts and training for the operator’s staff. Supplier’s share of the contract amounts to approximately $138 million.

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