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News•by Staff•November 20, 2012

FTA to award Honolulu rail project $1.55B FFGA

Signing is the final step of the FTA’s New Starts federal funding process for new rail systems, and makes available $200 million to the Honolulu rail project for fiscal year 2012.

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News•by Staff•November 19, 2012

Las Vegas Railway, Union Pacific reach agreement

The right-of-way agreement is contingent upon LVRE fulfilling a variety of conditions in a specified time frame.

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2012

CTA awards another Red Line contract

The project, which begins in spring 2013, will completely rebuild the 43-year-old Red Line South — including all track, ties, ballast and drainage systems — from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th Street.

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2012

DART selects team for streetcar project

Design is expected to be complete by April 2013. Construction is expected to be complete by June 2014.

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2012

Diridon named chairman of USHSR board

Will assume his new role at the High Speed Rail Conference in Los Angeles in December.

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News•by Staff•November 16, 2012

OCTA's Will Kempton to retire

Has accepted the position of executive director for Transportation California and plans to leave the agency in February 2013.

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Articles•November 15, 2012

How to Prepare Passenger Rail Service for Special Events

Crowd control, ticketing and providing timely service can become challenging in the midst of large events. Establishing a command center, deploying volunteers and conducting outreach through the media can help.

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News•by Staff•November 15, 2012

NTSB releases 'Most Wanted' list

List includes implementation of PTC, elimination of distracted driving and improved fire safety.

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News•by Staff•November 15, 2012

L.A. Metro rail ridership up 23% in October

In terms of average weekday boardings, Metro Rail ridership showed a 19% gain compared to one year ago, totaling 360,901 average weekday boardings on the entire 87.7-mile system.

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News•by Staff•November 15, 2012

98% of N.Y. subways now running

Transit officials said they restored limited service to the last of 10 branches of the Long Island Rail Road commuter line that suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy. They are still working to mitigate overcrowding and slower than normal commutes.

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