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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

Vancouver city council blocks C-Tran vote

The members in favor of the block prefer a broad public vote in November asking residents to help pay for light rail in Vancouver.

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

DART starts light rail train tests in Irving

The first section of the 14-mile Orange Line opens July 30. The initial tests were for train movements, the overhead electrical system, and vehicle clearances.

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

New Honolulu exec. director/CEO vows transparency

As part of his pledge, Daniel Grabauskas said HART would place all 150,000 pages of the city's administrative record on its website. The documents detail communications between city officials and the Federal Transit Administration concerning a lawsuit filed in federal court that hopes to stop the rail project.

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

Denver RTD, Nice extend partnership

A customer since 2001, the agency will use the company's video surveillance solution to monitor, manage and record more than one thousand video surveillance cameras at dozens of light rail stations, Park-n-Ride facilities, and bus transfer stations.

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

MBTA rail ridership in R.I. lower than hoped

While more passengers are using the commuter rail line between Providence and Rhode Island's main airport, ridership is not as high as anticipated when the line began operating in 2010.

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

Amtrak on pace to set new ridership record

All business lines experienced growth in the first half of FY 2012 as compared to the same period the prior year, including the Northeast Corridor (up 5.2%), long-distance trains (up 3.0%) and state-supported and other short-distance routes (up 2.7%.)

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News•by Staff•April 11, 2012

Cubic unveils NFC-based fare collection system

Nextaccount will pave the way for mobile payment and ticketing solutions in transit, giving travelers the ability to pay transit fares directly at the point of travel with NFC-equipped mobile phones.

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News•by Staff•April 10, 2012

Oregon Iron Works to build streetcars for D.C. DOT

Will manufacture two streetcars for the DC Streetcar system. The new vehicles will be built in the U.S. and will begin running in 2013.

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News•by Staff•April 10, 2012

New locomotive safety rule aims to cut red tape

Modernizes and streamlines the FRA safety regulatory program for locomotives by consolidating existing regulations and addressing technological advancements.

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News•by Staff•April 10, 2012

Lawmakers want guns allowed on Missouri buses, trains

Supporters of the bill, which would block local restrictions banning concealed handguns on city buses and trains, say it will create a safer environment on public transportation by deterring criminal behavior.

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