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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2015

TriMet, Google team for real-time light rail info

BLE beacons enable capable nearby mobile devices to receive useful and relevant information. Using this signal, Google Maps can automatically and seamlessly provide information that is valuable to riders, including transit schedules and alerts to their mobile devices.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2015

D.C. Streetcar could be scrapped without ever serving passengers

Acting Director of the District’s Department of Transportation, Leif Dormsjo, has brought in an outside team of light rail experts to determine whether the project can be saved.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2015

Excavation begins for 3,000 skeletons unearthed in London tunneling

A team of 60 archaeologists will work in shifts, six days a week to remove skeletons and carefully record evidence for what may prove to be, in archaeology terms, London’s most valuable 16th and 17th-century cemetery site.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2015

Texas bill would end use of federal funds for rail projects

If approved by lawmakers during the legislative session and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, the bill would choke off state and local government access to federal transit funding for rail projects in the state, with the cities of Austin, Dallas and Houston all planning to expand their respective systems.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2015

Apple giving Calif. shuttle drivers wage increases

In addition, drivers who work the split shift, which requires them to drive routes in the morning and evening, will earn a higher hourly wage to make up for the downtime. Wages for drivers will rise 25 percent on average, depending on what they were making before and their seniority.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2015

N.C. Amtrak crash injures 55

Fifty-five of the 212 passengers aboard the Carolinian No. 80 suffered minor injuries in the accident, which occurred at the intersection of U.S. 301 and N.C. Highway 903, about 30 miles north of Rocky Mount. It was unclear whether any of the eight crew members were injured.

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Newsby StaffMarch 6, 2015

CH Bus Sales delivers Temsa TS 30 to Fla.

Corporate Coaches' TS 30 Coaches are seated for 34 passengers and are equipped with 110-volt plugs, Alcoa Dura Bright wheels, and an elite REI audio/video system.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2015

San Diego debuts restored trolley for Silver Line

The 68-year old streetcar was acquired as part of a trade with United Transportation Corporation (UTC)/Rail Air Sources (RAS) in exchange for two Siemens U-2 light rail vehicles that were phased out of the MTS fleet.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2015

34 properties purchased for $70M along Honolulu rail transit route

HART's property acquisitions range in price from $22,304 to about $6 million. In June, HART said that it has to acquire 213 properties for the project, and that it had an acquisition budget of $222 million.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2015

Alstom opens new Brazilian Citadis production line

The new production facility will serve the Brazilian market and, in a near future, the Latin America region where a number of new tramway projects are emerging. When fully operational, the facility will employ around 150 people.

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