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News•by Staff•June 4, 2013

Bombardier wins German EMU order

Will supply three-car and five-car Talent 2 trains with a comfortable interior design.

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News•by Staff•June 4, 2013

Report: 74% favor spending tax dollars for improved public transit

Eighty percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement public transportation investment can help create jobs and pave the way to a stronger economy. However, public transportation scores its strongest support when discussing access to opportunities.

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News•by Staff•June 4, 2013

Alstom unveils Citadis Spirit light rail vehicle

The features include a 100% low floor design and the ability to operate at speeds of up to 65 mph.

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News•by Staff•June 4, 2013

Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89

Was a long-time leader on environmental protection, transportation and protecting public health.

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News•by Staff•June 3, 2013

Study: Employer support for transit increasing in urban areas

Major American employers, such as universities, hospitals and business coalitions, are organizing and winning better public transportation in many metro areas, according to Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center for grassroots groups and public officials.

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News•by Staff•June 3, 2013

Hill Intl. to manage construction for NJ Transit

The three-year contract has an estimated value of $3.5 million.

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News•by Staff•May 31, 2013

WMATA launches real-time information displays

Every 20 seconds to 30 seconds, each individual Transit Screen receives the current arrival times for each transit agency at all stops within walking distance of its location.

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News•by Staff•May 31, 2013

APTA: Public Transportation users save $9,795

Releases this monthly Transit Savings Report to examine how an individual in a two-person household can save money by taking public transportation and living with one less car.

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News•by Staff•May 31, 2013

Bombardier's monorail system for São Paulo honored

Brazil´s largest city will be the first in the world to implement the company’s high-capacity INNOVIA Monorail technology for a mass transit public transport system.

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News•by Staff•May 30, 2013

MBTA launches new developer platform

After first releasing its schedule data in the industry-standard GTFS format to developers in 2009, the MBTA jumped to the forefront of sharing real-time transit data by making live location and prediction data for all 1,000 buses available to developers in 2010.

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