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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

Amtrak to continue infrastructure renewal program at NY Penn Station

This round of renewal work will not require any reductions or modifications in service for Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT trains.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

NY Gov. calls for reexamination of high-speed rail system possibilities

Recommendations have consistently estimated that high-speed rail projects would take decades and be unaffordable.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

Denver RTD rider alerts provide passengers with real-time info

Because the system is tied to RTD’s data feed, employees no longer have to manually research routes and write alerts from scratch.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

FRA launches web portal for public to report blocked railroad crossings

The agency expects it will take an average of three minutes for users to complete the report.

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News•by Staff•December 23, 2019

BART recognizes rider's heroic actions during fatal November attack

Humphrey got out of her wheelchair, guided herself to the floor, slid to the victim and applied pressure to a wound on his neck.

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News•by Staff•December 23, 2019

MARTA, partners close financing to move forward on TOD project

This marks the second multifamily development project financed this year on MARTA land with set asides for affordable housing.

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News•by Staff•December 23, 2019

New D.C. Metro labor contract incentivizes ridership growth

The agreement includes an additional 1% wage increase in years when the agency’s ridership improves 2% or more over the previous year.

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News•by Staff•December 20, 2019

Staff shortages lead to Denver RTD's service reduction plan

Implementation of a service reduction will provide the agency with an opportunity to build up workforce while providing some relief to operators and reliability to customers.

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News•by Staff•December 18, 2019

First Group considers sale of North American transit, student subsidiaries

The possibility follows the company's announcemnent that they plan to sell Greyhound last May.

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News•December 18, 2019

Students’ tour of TriMet rail ops sparks interest in transit engineering

Engineering and rail training supervisors provided insight into rail operations, as well as hands-on demonstrations of its systems.

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