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Newsby StaffNovember 4, 2013

T&I Committee unveils new website

Features a simple, user-friendly interface and continues the committee’s rebranding, incorporating the use of “transport” in an identifiable new logo and across media platforms.

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Newsby StaffNovember 1, 2013

Red Sox parade expected to generate 2 million public transit rides

The MBTA will run rush hour-level service throughout the day Saturday to accommodate the hundreds of thousands expected to throng the city for the team's World Series victory parade,

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2013

Long Island Rail opens renovated, enhanced station

As a part of the project, workers have installed two new heavy-duty elevators, one each serving the eastbound and westbound platforms.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2013

Harsco wins Swiss rail utility vehicle contract

Initial order worth over $100M, represents the first products the division will design and manufacture in Europe.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2013

More than 1,000 So. Cal. advocates gather to support transit

The 12th annual Mobility 21 Southern California Transportation Summit attendees learned about harnessing the power of new technology, the importance of investing in the maintenance of existing infrastructure and more

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2013

Scientists helped save subway from Sandy

A climate scientist, was one of the people perhaps most responsible for showing how such epic flooding would affect the city's subways, which prompted the MTA's preparations before the storm hit.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2013

N.Y. MTA details efforts to harden, protect transit post Sandy

The MTA is designing solutions to fully prevent water incursion at the approximately 600 entry points in Lower Manhattan as well as vulnerable vent plants and openings in other flood-prone areas.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2013

Bombardier to install ERTMS on Chilean line

The system will be implemented on the line between Alameda station in central Santiago and the area of Nos in the city’s outskirts. The line connects further south to Rancagua and then to Chillán.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2013

Amtrak's Boardman: Stop taking NEC for granted

Explained that the process of aging and decaying infrastructure is gradually eroding the serviceability of the railroad as underfunding takes its toll. Lost riders and revenues are the clearest manifestation of the problem when a failure occurs.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2013

SEPTA, Comcast expand Wi-Fi program

Over the next two years, hot spots will be added at all stations on the Market-Frankford and Broad Street Lines and at several additional locations on the Norristown High Speed Line.

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