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News•by Staff•May 15, 2012

Phoenix airport train takes first test run

Over 6 million passengers are expected to ride the train, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation, the first year; or, 16,000 a day.

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News•by Staff•May 14, 2012

Thieves pilfer copper wire from Sound Transit project

From end-to-end, about four miles of cable was stolen by thieves who seemed to have ripped the wire from inside an elevated guideway that supports the tracks.

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News•by Staff•May 14, 2012

Amtrak reorganizing Operations department

The reorganization plan will be rolled out in phases over the next 16 months with full transition to the new structure in October 2013.

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News•by Staff•May 14, 2012

Honolulu rail chief touts project benefits to students

Daniel Grabauskas answered various questions from skeptical Leeward Community College students.

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News•by Staff•May 14, 2012

How to behave on public transportation

Stay on the right side of escalators or stairs, is the first gem in this list put together by San Francisco-based news site SFist.com.

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News•by Staff•May 11, 2012

Report probes land 'value capture' to fund transit

Five mechanisms are evaluated in depth, including tax increment financing, special assessment districts, transit impact fees, joint developments and air rights. The report includes policy recommendations.

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News•by Staff•May 11, 2012

APTA ad campaign wins international media award

The “Hermes Awards” program is an annual, international competition recognizing outstanding creativity in the concept, writing, and design of traditional and emerging media.

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News•by Staff•May 10, 2012

APTA: Public transit users save $9,880 annually

The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle which includes the May 9, 2012 average national gas price and the national unreserved monthly parking rate.

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News•by Staff•May 10, 2012

Feds revise positive train control requirements

Railroads will no longer have to conduct risk analyses to obtain approval to not install PTC or take other costly risk mitigation measures on an estimated 10,000 miles of track that will not carry passenger trains or poison inhalation hazard commodities after December 2015.

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News•by Staff•May 10, 2012

Measure to abolish Honolulu rail authority fails

Less than two years ago voters approved putting the rail project under a semiautonomous board, which resulted in the formation of HART.

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