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FRA Announces $5.3B in Rail Investments, Including $2B for Amtrak
Funding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHFunding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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The Zefiro combines the highest capacity in the industry with pioneering levels of passenger comfort and employs leading-edge technologies and advanced aerodynamics to reduce energy consumption, according to the company.
Read More →Meeting attendees said that planned service cuts and fare increases of up to 40%, designed to eliminate $169 million in debt, present a “major hardship.”
Read More →The one-day event, to be held in March, is designed to promote the importance of a fully-funded, multi-year transportation bill and the role it plays on stimulating the economy, maintaining the nation's global competitiveness and creating American jobs.
Read More →"Mobile Ticketing Evolution: NFC, Forecasts & Markets 2012-2016" found that, while mobile tickets of all types are growing in popularity, the ability to "tap" an NFC phone containing a mobile ticket against an entrance gate has tremendous user appeal.
Read More →Overall satisfaction ranked 5.1 on a scale of 0 to 10, down from 5.3 in the previous period.
Read More →The radio spot is narrated by political satirist Will Durst who reminds Californians about the importance of having vision, creating jobs and building "something momentous for our future generation."
Read More →The centerpiece of the President's FY 2013 budget for the department is a six-year $476 billion surface transportation reauthorization proposal that will improve America's highways and transit networks, continue to ensure that these systems are safe, and give travelers new options by enhancing and expanding passenger rail service.
Read More →From train tracks as urban gardens to bus stops as art installations, check out five exciting ways cities around the world are making transit awesome now, from the Mother Nature Network's sustainability blogger.
Read More →Announcement caps three months of work by a oversight committee formed in wake of two incidents in October 2011, which claimed the lives of three teenagers and injured a fourth.
Read More →APTA President/CEO Michael Melaniphy, Gary Thomas, president/CEO of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Patrick Scully, COO of Daimler Buses, North America and others discussed the negative financial impacts the proposal would have on America’s public transportation systems.
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