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News•by Staff•July 18, 2012

Ottawa light rail project eco report approved

Once built, the system will carry in excess of 10,000 people per hour per direction during the morning rush hour and save transit riders approximately 15 minutes from their daily commutes.

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News•by Staff•July 18, 2012

N.Y.'s abandoned 'ghost station' brought to light

The forgotten City Hall station, which opened in 1904 along with 27 other Interborough Rapid Transit (I.R.T.) stations up to 145th Street on the west side, was the original terminal of New York's subway system.

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News•by Staff•July 18, 2012

Chicago Metra upgrades railcar amenities

The program aims to rehabilitate 176 cars with features such as doors with sensitive edges, new LED signs and wheelchair lifts.

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News•by Staff•July 17, 2012

Chicago Transit to overhaul bus, rail facilities

The transit authority will spend $205 million on the overhaul, which is expected to create more than 500 jobs.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

Trapeze to equip Houston Metro

Will provide Enterprise Asset Management technology to manage right-of-way, including inspections, defect recording and repair of rail track, signals, switches, catenary, and electric traction.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

PATCO, Cubic expand contactless payment pilot

Now, riders will be able to use American Express contactless payment cards, as well as cards from other major payment networks, to make secure transit payments at PATCO.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

Federal leaders highlight new transit safety authority

MAP-21 requires, among other things, that FTA define and establish a State Safety Oversight program to ensure that rail transit systems are meeting stringent safety requirements.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

NJ Transit cracks down on ticket fraud

More than 200 arrests related to counterfeit activity have been made in the past two years. Agency train crews began using UV scanners to inspect weekly and monthly passes, which now contain an anti-counterfeit measure that can only be detected with these special UV scanners.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

TriMet wins union contract dispute

The agency’s Last Best Offer takes effect as the union contract. The new contract is retroactive to when the previous contract with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757 expired, November 30, 2009. The new contract expires November 30, 2012.

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News•by Staff•July 16, 2012

Nokia offers transit app for Windows phone

The app, which has been in beta testing for a couple of months, lets you put in a location and immediately get back a number of routes, presented as timelines of walking, waiting and riding.

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