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Newsby StaffJune 8, 2010

Denver RTD wins top award at APTA Rail Conference

RTD won the prestigious Rail Transit Team Achievement Award. This top award is given to the system with the highest rail operator and maintainer team combined score.

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Newsby StaffJune 8, 2010

New competitor enters HSR race to Vegas

Genesis High Speed Rail America LLC is proposing an intersecting line from Phoenix, linking the three major southwest metropolitan areas with one high-speed rail line.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2010

D.C. Metro to forgo transit experience requirement in GM search

Board of directors will open up search in order to widen the selection, and will begin narrowing the list by early fall.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2010

Georgia becomes the 28th state to ban texting while driving

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law for all drivers in his state. The law also forbids cell phone use for young drivers with a provisional license. In addition, NHTSA has developed sample legislation that states can use as a starting point to craft measures to ban texting.

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Newsby StaffJune 4, 2010

SEPTA GM testifies to Pa. lawmakers on funding crisis

Joseph M. Casey said insufficient state funding from a law forced SEPTA to cut $110 million from its Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2011.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2010

Web Extra: CTAA Expo covers funding, healthcare, green alternatives

The event, held in Long Beach, Calif., featured training sessions and workshops, a trade fair, special speakers and three conferences. Attendees got tips on Medicaid transportation, going green and winning at the polls.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2010

FTA seeks feedback for changes to funding criteria

Looking for ways to evaluate significant transit infrastructure investments by measuring cost-effectiveness, including broad public benefits such as economic development, land use and environmental impacts in the evaluation process.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2010

Chicago Transit to test experimental convention pass

The C-Pass will begin as an experiment to allow operation to evaluate the pass and make adjustments based upon feedback and agency analysis.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2010

junaio to integrate TriMet transit data

Available free of charge on the iPhone 3GS and coming soon to Android devices, junaio 2.0 features the TriMet channel to give riders easy and instant access to complete transit information on nearby stops by simply pointing their phone around them.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2010

Surveillance system exec. to speak at APTA Rail Conference

Will address innovative technologies and strategies for protecting rail infrastructure, the public and employees.

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