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Articles•November 18, 2013

Light Rail Line Links Salt Lake City with Airport

The Airport TRAX, which has six stations, is now on full schedule, with trains from downtown to the airport running every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 20 minutes on weekends. It travels at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.

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Articles•November 18, 2013

Light Rail Projects Make Inroads in U.S., Beyond

We visit a sampling of projects, from Maryland MTA’s Purple Line, which was approved to be delivered via public-private partnership, to Perth, Australia, where a 14-mile network is being planned.

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Articles•by Nicole Schlosser•November 18, 2013

Montreal transit app rewards riders with personalized offers

The STMMerci app uses precision marketing to provide local event and product offers exclusive to transit riders based on their preferences and locations.

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Articles•November 18, 2013

Track deaths force BART to change protocol, explore options

The deaths of two track workers forced BART to end its “simple approval” method that allowed workers to walk along the tracks in pairs, with one person serving as the lookout.

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News•by Staff•November 18, 2013

MBTA launches study to redesign student pass program

Using information from the study conducted by the agency and MBA candidates from Boston University could help MBTA bring in more revenue, and possibly, offset some of the agency’s debt.

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News•by Staff•November 18, 2013

Clever Devices makes technology 'Fast 500' list

Overall, 2013 companies on Deloitte's list achieved revenue growth ranging from 137% to 208,897% from 2008 to 2012, with an average growth of 2,600%.

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News•by Staff•November 18, 2013

BART to renew labor talks to discuss contract provision

Said a family medical leave provision that gives its 2,300 union workers up to six weeks of paid leave each year would be too expensive and that it was “erroneously” included in the contract that settled two recent strikes.

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Videos•by Staff•November 15, 2013

Phoenix Valley Metro's Reduced Fare Campaign Set to Music

Valley Metro's Reduced Fare program helps youth, seniors and persons with disabilities save money on all their transit needs.

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News•by Staff•November 14, 2013

More than 7 in 10 say public transportation is reliable

Nearly one-half (48%) of Americans say they would require an area to have good public transportation before they would consider moving there, according to a survey.

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News•by Staff•November 14, 2013

Alstom unveils first Citadis Compact tram in France

Developed to meet the mobility needs of intermediate-sized cities. Between 72 feet and 79 feet in length, the tram can accommodate some 130 passengers.

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