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News•by Staff•December 15, 2011

Nashville study finds BRT half as costly as streetcars

Estimates a BRT system would cost $136 million to construct, less than half the $275 million required for streetcars. The number of trips riders would make on either system would be about the same, 4,500 average weekday trips on BRT versus 4,800 on streetcars in the first year.

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News•by Staff•December 15, 2011

MBTA conductor honored for uncovering fare fraud scheme

Investigation began in March of the possible production and sale of illegal MBTA passes after Conductor John Slyman noticed that a customer's monthly pass appeared to be the wrong color.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2011

Calif. high-speed rail board chooses 'hybrid alternative'

Since its August 2011 release, Central Valley residents submitted more than 2,500 public comments in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Merced to Fresno section. In addition, more than 350 people attended the board meeting and more than 150 people in the audience addressed the board.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2011

Port Authority lights up World Trade Center tower for holidays

The tower, which can now be seen from points in all five New York City boroughs and in New Jersey — has reached the 90th floor, leaving 14 floors remaining.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2011

DART awards joint venture design-build contract

The first two sections of the Orange Line will open July 30, 2012 and Dec. 3, 2012, respectively. Those two sections are also being built by the KSWRP joint venture.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2011

Web poll: Publicizing employee salaries — good or bad?

While the action was praised by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's office, do you think it's a good idea for transit agencies to do so?

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News•by Staff•December 13, 2011

AECOM joint venture wins Port Authority contract

Will provide construction management services and rail expertise for the first phase of Moynihan Station construction in Manhattan.

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News•by Staff•December 13, 2011

FRA awards rail funds to Chicago, D.C., Georgia

Illinois DOT received more than $177 million for a passenger rail project between Chicago and the Quad Cities. Georgia DOT was awarded $4.1 million to complete plans and an environmental study for a 250-mile passenger rail corridor between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., and the D.C. DOT received $2.9 million for potential bridge replacement.

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News•by Staff•December 13, 2011

Utah Transit lands $116M for light rail extension

Will fund the Draper Light Rail Project, a 3.8-mile extension of agency’s current TRAX service. The project includes three new stations with park-and-ride-facilities, and will run parallel to the heavily traveled Interstate 15 corridor and make it easier for suburban residents to commute to jobs in Salt Lake City.

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News•by Staff•December 13, 2011

New York City transit's 10 best/worst events for 2011

Among the top ten worst events were: the MTA proposing to take out $7 billion in debt, increasing operating expenses by $500 million a year. Among the best events were: no fare hike in 2011, after back-to-back increases in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

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