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News•February 20, 2019

Meet 3 Engineers Rebuilding the BART System

Profiling projects they work on and ask about their successes and challenges along the way.

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News•by Staff•February 20, 2019

FRA issues national trespass prevention strategy

4,242 pedestrians were killed or injured while trespassing on railroad property nationwide during a four-year period.

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Articles•Cover Story•February 20, 2019

How Alternative Delivery is Helping Build Seattle's Rail Project

The trend of embracing alternative delivery is evident in Sound Transit’s delivery of their East Link corridor.

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News•by Staff•February 20, 2019

Metrolink installs defibrillators on all trains

Move comes after California state legislature made AEDs mandatory on commuter rail systems by July 2020.

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News•by Staff•February 19, 2019

Keolis adds light rail to its Australian multimodal network

The approximate 1.7-mile long network features six stations and runs between Wickham and Pacific Park.

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Articles•February 18, 2019

Q&A with APTA's Paul P. Skoutelas

METRO spoke with Skoutelas to get his thoughts on the government shutdown, his agenda, and his most memorable ride on public transit.

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News•by Staff•February 15, 2019

FTA threatens to withhold funds if WMATA restores late-night services

Local officials are leading an effort to restore service hours the agency cut beginning with its SafeTrack rebuilding effort in 2016.

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News•by Staff•February 15, 2019

All required railroads met statutory deadline, schedule for PTC

Notably, Quarter Four data also show PTC systems are in operation on almost 46,000 of the nearly 58,000-route miles.

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News•by Staff•February 15, 2019

Amtrak, NJ Transit reach spending deal for infrastructure upgrades

Will reinvest all of the funds that came from this — and other — agreements into existing and future joint NEC infrastructure projects.

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News•by Staff•February 15, 2019

BYD signs contract to begin building cross-sea monorail in Brazil

The 12-mile seaside route will be partially built above the sea to connect Salvador’s central business district to São João Island.

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