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News•by Staff•January 24, 2019

London transport's innovative advertising methods generate $195M

Strategies included introducing full-motion cross-platform screens, which customers can watch when standing on station platforms.

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News•by Staff•January 24, 2019

TransitScreen, MobilityData launch new open data initiative

To accelerate the creation and sharing of global public transit, urban transportation, and shared-mobility data.

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News•by Staff•January 24, 2019

Report finds ride-hailing services impacting public transit ridership

After TNCs enter a market, heavy rail ridership can be expected to decrease by 1.3% and bus ridership by 1.7%.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2019

Tokyo Metro offers free noodles to ease rush-hour crowding

The Tozai subway line service averaged 76,000 riders between 7:50 a.m. and 8:50 a.m in 2017.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2019

New York MTA logs lowest crime rate in agency's history

MTA Police Department attributes the 20-year crime low to an important shift in its policing practices.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2019

DCTA is fed-approved to demo PTC in revenue service

The agency expects the FRA to certify its PTC technology by June 2020.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2019

Government shutdown impacting relaunch of NJ TRANSIT rail lines

Select services have been shut down for four months while PTC installation was completed.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2019

L.A. Metro to begin $350M modernization of Blue Line light rail system

Work will include improvements to the signaling, tracks, and overhead wires that delivers the electricity to power the trains.

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News•by Staff•January 22, 2019

Texas' DCTA issues RFP for MaaS partnerships

Firms selected will be contracted to provide service proposals for flexible, efficient, and effective mobility services.

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News•by Staff•January 22, 2019

Senators urge WMATA to guard against spying in new subway cars

Lawmakers urge agency to get approval from the DOD, DOT, and Homeland Security before awarding a contract for its railcars.

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