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Products•November 6, 2012

Onboard video surveillance

The CoPilot, a versatile onboard video surveillance and driver behavior modification system, features dual built-in cameras; real-time driver alerts; continuous capture; wireless upload; solid state storage; passive GPS and a three-axis G-Force inertia sensor.

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Products•November 6, 2012

Rolling Pit Jack

Stertil-Koni’s free-standing rolling pit jack, with a capacity of 30,000 pounds, is designed to safely operate on the pit fl oor entirely independent of upper pit edges.

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News•by Staff•November 6, 2012

CFTE: 19 transportation measures in 12 states on the ballot

If all measures are approved, more than $100 billion in new local funding would be invested in transportation.

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News•by Staff•November 6, 2012

CTA, unions reach agreement

Provides for afternoon and evening shifts, which will be paid at straight time instead of overtime, and there will be greater flexibility in shift starting times. These are changes that will save around $750,000 annually.

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News•by Staff•November 5, 2012

Sound Transit ridership up

Up almost 12% through September compared to last year.

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News•by Staff•November 5, 2012

FTA releases list of eligible Section 5307 transit agencies

Eligible operators are public entities that operate fixed-route bus service with 100 or fewer buses in maximum peak hour service. This provision does not affect the continued availability of operating assistance for public transportation operators in urbanized areas with populations between 50,000 and 199,999.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2012

Chicago transit systems seeing boost in ridership

The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace accommodated more than 443.5 million passengers on the region’s rail and bus system, a 3.2% increase above last year and the highest reported ridership through August in the last 10 years.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2012

Feds release $12M in Hurricane Sandy relief for N.J., Conn.

New Jersey will use $10 million to help maintain essential traffic flow and repair sections of highway necessary to prevent further damage. Connecticut will use $2 million for general emergency federal aid highway repairs.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2012

SEPTA tapping riders for Instagram submissions

Encouraging riders, using the Instagram photo application, to take photos of SEPTA during their daily use of the system and caption the photo with what riding SEPTA means to them, along with the hash tag #iseptaphilly. Photos are aggregated into a live photo stream on www.iSEPTAPhilly.com.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2012

Some oppose L.A. transit tax measure over fares

Opponents say Measure J, which would extend an existing transit tax from 2039 to 2069, providing money to speed completion of at least six rail projects by 2024, would significantly raise fares, cut bus lines or both due to the cost of operating so many new lines ahead of schedule.

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