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News•by Staff•November 27, 2018

Transit design, construction management expert Trabold joins HNTB

Trabold’s background encompasses work on many key infrastructure projects, including New York City Transit’s enhanced station initiative.

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News•by Staff•November 27, 2018

Report studies rate of musculoskeletal pain in city bus drivers

Bus drivers experience higher levels of MSDs than both the general population and other employees at transit agencies.

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2018

Valley Metro introduces new rail rider safety, security app

Riders can discreetly report suspicious activity, vandalism, graffiti, disruptive behavior and maintenance issues or receive notifications.

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2018

London transport system bans junk food advertisements

Fast-food chains will only be allowed to advertise on the Tube to promote their healthy products.

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2018

Rail systems continue to make progress on PTC implementation

Safety tech is in operation on 71% of freight railroads’ required route miles, and 26% of passenger railroads’ required route miles.

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2018

FRA issues Final Rule for high-speed rail operations

The rule paves the way for U.S. high-speed passenger trains to safely travel as fast as 220 miles per hour.

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2018

Keolis, RAPT Dev consortium to operate new French rail line

The new line, CDG Express, is expected to open on Jan. 1, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2018

FRA issues NOFO for $272M in State of Good Repair funds

Eligible projects include those that replace existing assets in-kind; replace existing assets with those that increase capacity...

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2018

Sound Transit website revamped with the customer focus

New design offers improved mobile access, bolder visuals and speedy navigation.

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Articles•November 16, 2018

The 'Genius' Idea for Improving Rail Signaling Accuracy

Ultra-Wideband can provide five-centimeter accuracy location for all cars in the tunnels with very low cost to deploy.  

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