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News•by Staff•January 30, 2012

N.Y. MTA releases overnight service map

The New York City Subway is the only large subway or metro system in the world to maintain service to all its stations around the clock.

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News•by Staff•January 30, 2012

Sapa Extrusions launches marketing campaign

Along with a new ad campaign, in the coming weeks Sapa is going live with a promotional website that illustrates the broad spectrum of services and capabilities behind "Aluminology."

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News•by Staff•January 27, 2012

AECOM to design Honolulu rail segment

Will design a 5.2-mile portion of the elevated rail guideway from Aloha Stadium to the Middle Street Transit Center in Kalihi.

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News•by Staff•January 27, 2012

Sun Tran opens new bus facility

Northwest Bus Facility now has the capacity to operate and maintain 250 buses for the entire Tucson region.

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News•by Staff•January 27, 2012

L.A. Metro approves agreement to hire more 'disadvantaged' workers

The Project Labor Agreement between the agency and the Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades Council requires that 40% of work hours on Metro projects be done by workers who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods and 10% of the hours go to workers struggling with poverty. Many members of the public testified in favor of the plan.

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News•by Staff•January 26, 2012

Audit: UTA may not have rail extension funding

While local sales tax revenue provided the majority of the agency's $275 million budget in 2010, it’s not clear that the agency will have the revenue required to operate the commuter and light rail extensions, which are currently under construction.

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News•by Staff•January 25, 2012

Bombardier project focuses on 'green train of the future'

The Gröna Tåget ("Green Train") research project is a collection of ideas, proposals and technical solutions aimed at making long distance and fast regional services more attractive to travellers and operators.

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News•by Staff•January 25, 2012

LaHood: Streamline major transit awards, cut red tape

By giving greater emphasis to evaluation criteria concerning environmental benefits and local economic impact, it would be possible for FTA to consider a variety of smaller-scale projects that might better meet a community's needs, including streetcars and rapid bus services.

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News•by Staff•January 25, 2012

SEPTA launches real-time arrival updates

Now available on the agency’s website, System Status offers a complete view of the system with just the click of a mouse or touch of a screen. In one snapshot, riders can see the status of all bus and trolley routes and rail lines.

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News•by Staff•January 24, 2012

FTA releases FY2012 appropriations

The approximately $10 billion in funding received for 2012 is on par with funding levels in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, enabling continued support for grantees and investment in transit projects of local, regional and national significance.

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