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News•by Staff•March 29, 2013

FTA releases $1.42B in third round of Sandy aid

The majority of the funds will go to the transit agencies that incurred the greatest expenses while preparing for and recovering from Hurricane Sandy — N.Y. MTA, PATH, NJ Transit and NYC DOT.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2013

Amtrak requests 17% less operating support

Also asks feds for $2.065 billion in capital support and $212 million for debt service.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2013

Minn. planners shifting to BRT over rail

City planners concluded it’s a better public transit option for the area. Since a 2007 analysis of transit alternatives selected a commuter rail line as the future transportation choice, planners have seen the Northstar Commuter Rail struggle with operating costs.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2013

Police: B.C. TransLink ‘no-go’ order for offenders tough to enforce

Designation makes passengers eligible for arrest if they breach any of their conditions, however, police say, even if a judge approves a listing, there’s no stopping offenders from boarding once they’re released.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2013

Google Maps adding more live transit info

New York City, Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City users can now access live departure times on rail lines.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2013

D.C. Metro launches new mobile website

Features include real-time train arrival times, number of cars and destination for any of Metro's rail stations; Next Bus, which uses a customer's GPS location to display bus arrival predictions for all nearby bus stops; and Service Nearby, letting customers to see all bus and rail transit service near their current location.

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News•by Staff•March 27, 2013

Long haul likely for Calif. Sprinter brake fix

The agency hopes to receive replacement parts by late April and install and test them in May, but requires regulatory approvals before it can return any of its trains to service.

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News•by Staff•March 27, 2013

Tampa Mayor calls for more rail, BRT

Bob Buckhorn also alluded to Gov. Rick Scott's decision to turn away $2 billion from the Obama Administration to build high-speed rail from Tampa to Orlando, by saying that he will try to find people in Tallahassee that will support his plan.

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News•by Staff•March 27, 2013

Sonoma Marin rail GM talks progress, expansion, cost savings

Farhad Mansourian, GM of SMART, the commuter rail system currently under construction, discusses the status of the project, rider experience comparisons, proposals for connections and, system expansion and cost savings.

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News•by Staff•March 27, 2013

Study: HSR improves quality of urban life

Public policy and economics experts from UCLA and China’s Tsinghua University found that high-speed rail fuels real estate booms, reduces commuting times for those traveling to big cities, eases congestion in those cities and gives smaller towns more access to metropolitan hubs.

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