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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

Mich. State partners to renovate Amtrak station

The university and Capital Area Transportation Authority and the city of East Lansing will use a $6.28 million grant to renovate the East Lansing Amtrak Station.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

CATS work named one of nation's Top 50 art projects

N.C. artist Jimmy O’Neal built his own cymascope to produce visuals based on the key and frequency of each sound he recorded in buses and bus facilities. The end result is an ever-changing public artwork only dependent upon daily and seasonal atmospheric changes to alter the viewer’s perception.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

FTA awards $787M in grants

FTA received 836 project applications totaling $4 billion in requests. In FY2010 and FY2011, FTA awarded a total of more than $1.8 billion in grants for hundreds of state of good repair projects, primarily involving buses and bus facilities.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

N.Y. MTA expands validity of commuter passes

In December 2010 the MTA abbreviated the validity periods to reduce revenue loss from uncollected tickets and imposed a refund fee of $10 to partially cover the actual cost of processing the refund.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

Chicago Transit adds LED to 5000-series railcars

When the CTA originally contracted for the cars, color electronic displays were not readily available. When the technology became more advanced, the CTA approved two change orders to its contract with Bombardier Transportation in January and February 2012, upgrading to the full-color LED signs.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

N.Y. Public Transit group to hold 'Great Ideas' conference

Held Sept. 19-20 at The Saratoga Hilton and City Center, the event includes nationally recognized speakers, the state’s only transit industry trade show, and a film festival.

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News•by Staff•July 23, 2012

Union workers vow to strike during Olympic Games

Workers from passport inspectors to train drivers would strike or cut their hours over issues ranging from pension-plan contributions to bonuses for extra work during the Games.

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News•by Staff•July 20, 2012

N.Y. MTA, LIRR enhance services

Adding and extending service on almost 40 bus, subway and commuter rail lines. The investments will be phased in over several months and will cost an additional $29 million per year to operate when fully implemented. They are paid for with increased revenue generated by additional ridership and savings from the agency’s efforts to contain costs.

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News•by Staff•July 20, 2012

SEPTA honored for rail station design

Named a recipient of the 2011 Brunel International Railway Design Awards for innovative engineering design and first-class upgrades to the Fort Washington, Ambler and North Wales Regional Rail Stations.

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News•by Staff•July 19, 2012

Nashville transit sets ridership record

The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee jointly recorded more than 10 million passenger trips in the last fiscal year, almost 1.3 million more trips than the previous year.

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