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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2008

D.C. Metro unveils new public address systems

Metrorail customers will notice that the new public address system plays two chimes prior to the start of a station announcement to get people’s attention.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2008

Toronto Transit unveils vehicle arrival notification pilot

Customers will be able to find out when their next bus or streetcar will arrive by information displayed on screens in subway stations or at select TTC stops.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2008

Siemens lands Finland driverless Metro project

Fully automated line scheduled to go into operation in the Finnish capital in 2013. Work will be carried out without any interruption in service and without replacing any of the existing trains.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

Driving decline hits one-year mark

Americans drove 3.5 percent less, or 8.9 billion fewer vehicle miles traveled, in October 2008 than October 2007, making it the sharpest decline of any October since 1971.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

MBTA to use pay-by-phone service at select stations

Customers will be able to create an account using their mobile phone number and a credit/debit card, and have their parking fee automatically deducted from their account.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

Swedish authorities buy Alstom EMUs

The new Coradia Nordic EMUs (Electric Multiple Unit) have four articulated cars and can reach approximately 112 miles per hour. The trainsets will be designed and assembled at Alstom’s Salzgitter site in Germany while the ONIX traction system will be constructed at the site in Tarbes, France. They will be delivered by autumn 2010.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

D.C.'s Metro testing wool seats in railcars

Agency also testing new floors, spring-loaded overhead handles on its series 6000 railcars and is currently installing nylon straps on up to 266 railcars.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

S.F. breaks ground on multi-modal transit center

Touted as the "Grand Central of the West", the center will serve more than 100,000 people per day through nine transportation systems once completed in 2014.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

FRA issues ROD for Calif. high-speed rail corridor

Decision supports State’s selection of preferred alignment and station locations, and considers the environmental benefits and adverse impacts associated with the preferred network alternative.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2008

Alstom tests high-speed train at 225 mph

Test runs are to be performed on a 106-mile section of France's Eastern high-speed line between the Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine stations.

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