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News•by Staff•August 6, 2009

FRA awards $1M grant to Operation Lifesaver

OLI's initiatives include State Assistance Programs, which provide grants to individual state programs that support railroad safety awareness programs, training and education programs for presenters, and communications programs.

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News•by Staff•August 6, 2009

Study: Public trans. helps poor obtain, retain jobs

The study tested the possible impacts of promoting car ownership versus transit improvements on job accessibility, work trips and traveler benefits (calculated as dollars per trip) at the system level by running a travel demand model adopted by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

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News•by Staff•August 6, 2009

WMATA receives $9.5M anti-terrorism funding

Metro will use the grant to establish, equip and train five, four-person anti-terrorism teams whose activities focus on terrorism prevention.

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News•by Staff•August 5, 2009

Ansaldo STS USA wins $24.7M PATH contract

Ansaldo STS USA will centralize PATH's communication network into one, fully integrated system.

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News•by Staff•August 5, 2009

Report: N.J. using mass transit more, driving less

Number of miles residents traveled by bus and rail has grown by nearly 45 percent from 1997 to 2007, more than twice the growth rate for miles driven.

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News•by Staff•August 5, 2009

METRO Briefs

S.F. Muni operations chief resigns. U.S. DOT taps PSU professor. NYC Transit seeking announcers.

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News•by Staff•August 4, 2009

L.A. Metro installing turnstile fare gates

L.A. Metro CEO Art Leahy will report monitoring results of the limited installations to the Board of Directors this fall. If all goes well, the agency will proceed with installing a total of 379 fare gates in all stations on the subway and Metro Green Line and key light rail stations on the Metro Blue and Gold lines. Installation is intended to be completed in six to eight months in early 2010.

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News•by Staff•August 4, 2009

MARTA launches new Website

During the introductory period, MARTA is asking for visitors to help further enhance the new Website by providing feedback on its design, features and content.

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News•by Staff•August 4, 2009

Sec. LaHood announces distracted driving summit

A number of deadly accidents involving text messaging behind the wheel have called attention to the dangerous problem of distracted driving.

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News•by Staff•August 4, 2009

Jacobs Engineering honored by COMTO

Company named Private Sector Employer of the Year and recognized as one of the largest global providers of professional transportation services with a culturally diverse workforce.

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