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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 4, 2024

Metrolink Expands 'Smart Crossing' Tech

Made possible by grant funding from the CRISI program, this pioneering technology creates a better experience for drivers and pedestrians while increasing safety for Metrolink passengers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 29, 2024

Chicago Adding New Bus Priority Lanes

The work builds upon previous transit projects on Chicago Avenue, creating a nearly continuous 3.9-mile bus lane from Grand to Ashland and from Milwaukee to Michigan Avenue.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 24, 2024

Sound Transit Set to Launch Fare Inspection Program

The first phase of the rollout will begin June 3. Fare Ambassadors will continue to conduct fare checks on board Link and Sounder trains.

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Newsby StaffMay 23, 2024

New York MTA Reports On Fare Evasion Reduction Efforts

Convened in the spring of 2022, the Blue-Ribbon Panel, consisting of education, social justice, business, and law enforcement experts, was given a mandate to investigate the root causes of fare and toll evasion and develop a comprehensive strategy to combat it.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 21, 2024

FRA Rail Safety Rules Require Certification of Dispatchers, Signal Employees

Unlike with conductors and locomotive engineers, there have previously been no federal regulations mandating specific training requirements, safety and knowledge checks, and verification of safety records for dispatchers and signal employees.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 16, 2024

RTA Selects 8 Station Activation Projects to Improve Public Safety

Selected projects will bring activities near transit, create a welcoming environment, and help address real or perceived public safety issues.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 16, 2024

SEPTA, Conduent Launch 3D Fare Gate Pilot Program

The pilot aims to track and curb incidents of fare evasion, which costs SEPTA an estimated $30 million to $40 million annually.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2024

STV Acquires MEHTA and Associates Inc.

MEHTA will now be known as MEHTA Engineering, an STV Company.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 6, 2024

Chicago Crime Continues Downward Trend

CTA supplements CPD’s efforts with its extensive network of more than 33,000 security-cameras and with hundreds of personnel deployed across the system each day, around the clock, and who are trained and acutely focused on customer comfort and safety.

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Articlesby Alex RomanMay 1, 2024

Learn About the Industry’s Latest Trends, Network, and More at the Public Transit Conference

Register now for the inaugural installment of METRO Magazine’s PTC, which will be held in conjunction with the Government Fleet Expo & Conference at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky., May 7 to 10.

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