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News•by Staff•October 27, 2011

Two charged with stealing transit passes from shredding co.

Two men have been charged with stealing 80,000 prepaid Translink transit passes, worth an estimated $153,000, from the shredding company where they were employed. The passes were sent to the facility to be destroyed after an April 2010 fare increase.

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News•by Staff•October 27, 2011

Lawsuit claims L.A. Metro light rail project broke law

Crenshaw Subway Coalition is alleging that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Crenshaw Line rail project violated environmental and civil rights provisions.

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News•by Staff•October 26, 2011

San Francisco MTA names yard after Cameron Beach

Was a member of the SFMTA board of directors for more than four years and was especially admired for his transit expertise and passion for public transportation. His career in transportation spanned 44 years, including 25 years with the Sacramento Regional Transit District.

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News•by Staff•October 26, 2011

Sound Transit launches smart phone website

Riders can use the new site to plan trips across the region on Sound Transit and partner agency buses and trains; look up bus and Sounder schedules; locate Sound Transit parking facilities and use GPS technology to enter start and end points in the trip planner.

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News•by Staff•October 25, 2011

N.Y.'s Metro-North to open storm-damaged line in November

When service begins again, Metro-North trains will return to the full pre-storm schedule of 26 daily trains and 14 trains each weekend day and the interim train-bus-train service will cease.

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News•by Staff•October 25, 2011

S.F. transit agencies may save $235M in benefit cuts, work order changes

Money can be saved by merging administrative functions, cutting premium benefits and changing guidelines that determine the employment terms for transit operators.

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News•by Staff•October 25, 2011

Cleveland RTA dedicates new accessible station

The East 55th Street Rapid Station is one of the few that services the Red, Blue and Green lines, as well as connecting east and west side transit, along with linking bus-to-rail service.

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News•by Staff•October 25, 2011

Chicago receives first batch of new Bombardier railcars

The 26 car-delivery is the first of a 706-car order of 5000 Series railcars, for which full production is under way.

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News•by Staff•October 24, 2011

FTA awards MBTA $75M for commuter rail

Funds will put an estimated 260 people to work making long-overdue improvements to the MBTA’s 50-mile Fitchburg commuter rail line, one of the state’s oldest passenger rail lines still in service. The investment will increase the train line's maximum speed by nearly 20 miles per hour, while greatly improving safety and on-time performance to 17 communities and 18 stations.

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News•by Staff•October 24, 2011

Phoenix’s Valley Metro awarded $1M for alt analysis

The agency will analyze various high-capacity transit alternatives for the South Central Phoenix corridor on Central Avenue between downtown Phoenix and Baseline Road.

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