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News•by Staff•December 16, 2010

Amtrak’s Acela turns 10, plans for more success

After becoming a popular alternative to air and car travel in the Northeast Corridor, the operator plans to build onto its success with a plan for a bullet train that would run at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.

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News•by Staff•December 16, 2010

Oklahoma receives $49.4M for multimodal bridge

The reconstructed bridge will be Tulsa's first multimodal crossing to accommodate highway, pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as well as high-speed intercity and commuter rail.

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News•by Staff•December 16, 2010

Wis. rail backers protest Gov. elect’s plans

Milwaukee protesters gathered again, this time at City Hall, to oppose Gov.-elect Scott Walker’s decision to rescind federal high-speed rail funds. They are demanding job creation alternatives.

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News•by Staff•December 15, 2010

U.S. DOT launches Buy American webpage

While there are similarities, the U.S. DOT's operating administrations have different Buy America statutory provisions. The new website will provide access to each agency's Buy America provisions, requirements and waiver processes on one website.

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News•by Staff•December 15, 2010

Mineta Institute releases heavy rail report

Research focuses on a case study of a single heavy rail transit agency in North America that embedded a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process. It also examined the impact of RCM on availability, reliability and safety of rolling stock.

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News•by Staff•December 15, 2010

Leaders call for renewed fed infrastructure investment

An estimated $2.2 trillion investment is needed over the next five years just to get America's entire current infrastructure into "good condition" — an increase of 38 percent from five years ago.

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News•by Staff•December 15, 2010

Report: Hampton Roads hid light rail costs from feds

Transit officials knew that The Tide project would cost more than the $232 million figure they gave to the government back in 2007.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2010

NJ Transit wants to reappropriate $75M in tunnel money

Agency would like money to pay for multi-level railcars already on order.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2010

Commuter benefit extension passes Senate

The House still has to approve a companion bill before President Obama can sign the $848 billion tax cut package, along with the commuter tax break, into law.

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News•by Staff•December 14, 2010

American Railcar will invest in leasing plan

ARI is currently in negotiations with American Railcar Leasing LLC (ARL), an affiliate, to enter into an agreement pursuant to which ARL would identify potential leasing customers for ARI in exchange for fees payable by ARI to ARL.

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