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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2016

BART rail system shutdown hits day 3

The issue that closed the Pittsburg-Bay Point station began Wednesday when 50 cars had to be taken out of service after they were hit with a power spike as they moved through a track crossover.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2016

Hitachi Rail USA opens Miami manufacturing facility

The 140,400 square-feet plant, located in Medley, Fla., will manufacture 136 cars and 272 motor bogies needed to replace the County’s Metrorail fleet.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

WSP | PB's O'Meara honored by COMTO

A 30-year transportation professional who has worked in both the public and private sectors, Margaret O’Meara, who is based in Boston, is client services leader for WSP | PB's Northeast Region.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

NYCT's new head of subways works to move department forward

Wynton Habersham, a 33-year MTA New York City Transit veteran, has been tapped to take over the leaderhip of the Department of Subways during a period when ridership stands at record levels and system rebuilding and modernization projects are at the forefront of driving the agency into the 21st century.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

Minn. Metro latest to ban hoverboards

The single-person, motorized transportation devices’ batteries are reported to randomly catch fire, or even explode.

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Videosby StaffMarch 17, 2016

D.C. Metro Power Cable Safety Inspections

A look inside at a safety inspection of power cables in a Metrorail tunnel.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

Sacramento RT approves fare hikes

Effective this July, the move is in response to a $2.7 million budget deficit projected for Fiscal Year 2016.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

26 issues found during D.C. Metro inspection shutdown

The damage at three locations was so severe that those parts of the track were "showstoppers," where "we would not be running trains if we came upon these conditions," said Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld at a press conference.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

Canada's Metrolinx taps CH2M for program management services

Building on the success of the First Wave of RT projects — York Viva Bus Rapid Transit, Eglinton Light Rail Transit and Finch West LRT — Metrolinx plans to extend transit service to neighbouring municipalities and regional areas outside the City of Toronto with the Next Wave projects.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2016

London Underground use of Alstom energy recovery system lauded

Hesop works by converting and transferring any unused power, generated by the trains during braking, to the medium voltage loop for re-use within the network.

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