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News•by Staff•December 14, 2018

Bombardier wins bid to build new NJ TRANSIT railcars

The order for 113 Multilevel III passenger vehicles, the largest order for railcars in recent years by NJ TRANSIT, will allow the agency to replace the oldest railcars in its fleet.

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News•by Staff•December 13, 2018

Clever Devices to replace Metra tracking, announcement systems

The contract also calls for a test on 11 cars of an automatic passenger counting system that uses cameras in the entrances.

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News•by Staff•December 12, 2018

New report examines if 'See Something, Say Something' is working

On-site police, security personnel, transportation employees, train and bus passengers, and ordinary citizens have prevented 10.6% of the 5,372 terrorist attacks on public transit.

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News•by Staff•December 12, 2018

Alstom, Siemens submit remedy package to European Commission

The package represents their proposal to address the Commission’s concerns while preserving the industrial and economic value of the deal.

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News•by Staff•December 12, 2018

DC Streetcar hits 3 million passenger milestone

As the system nears the third anniversary of passenger service along the H/Benning corridor, plans to expand the 2.4 mile system continue to move forward.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2018

Metra ends 'anonymous' purchases on Ventra mobile payment app

If a phone is lost, stolen, damaged or replaced, user’s account information can be used to restore any tickets that were lost.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2018

MBTA GM leaving post after 15 months

MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board Vice Chair Steve Poftak will succeed Luis Ramirez as the new GM.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2018

SEPTA lands $15M BUILD grant to improve passenger access

The grant will fund approximately 39% of the $38 million project, and will leverage more than $23 million in additional state, local, and private funds.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2018

NYC Transit begins boosting speed on subway lines

The speed limit changes already approved increase speeds generally in the 10-to-20-mph range to speeds that reach 40 mph.

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News•by Staff•December 11, 2018

WMATA add new features to alerts system, parking availability

Allows riders to customize alerts they receive by day and time, and allow multiple email addresses or phone numbers on one account.

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