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News•by Staff•December 7, 2015

KU Design students create innovative projects for city transportation

One of the recipients of the MV Transportation Scholarship designed a call station for SafeRide and SafeBus users.  

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News•by Staff•December 3, 2015

Man struck, killed on Northeast Corridor creates morning delays

Train #3817 left New York Penn Station with about 300 passengers at 6:35 a.m., heading to Trenton, when it hit the man, whose identity was not immediately known. NJ Transit trains ran up to 20 minutes late, with regular service restored by around 7:30 a.m., according to the agency’s Twitter feed.

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News•by Staff•December 3, 2015

Union calls for improved Milwaukee County bus driver safety

A transit security report found that the number of assaults of drivers decreased 62% since 2010 due to the installation of protective shields on buses; however, union officials say many issues often go unreported.

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News•by Staff•December 2, 2015

NJ Transit program seeks to deter homeless from waiting areas

The program, which started this summer and is still in the assessment stage, applies to seating at stations in Atlantic City, Hoboken, Newark and Secaucus.

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News•by Staff•December 1, 2015

To curb tragedies, OLI releases video addressing train track photography

The animated video public service announcement is the first in a new series drawing attention to the illegal and dangerous activity of train track photos.

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Articles•Cover Story•December 1, 2015

New collision avoidance technology for buses increases pedestrian, cyclist safety

The Mobileye Shield+ System is a multi-vision-sensor system that uses algorithms to determine whether a pedestrian or bicyclist near the vehicle is a threat and alerts the driver with an audible and visual alert.

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Articles•Cover Story•December 1, 2015

BusCon 2015: New Vehicles, New Exhibitors, New Ways to Do Business

Several manufacturers unveiled new vehicles, including ABC Companies and Micro Bird Commercial, as well as those new to the U.S. market by Karsan and Indbus. All told, 145 exhibitors, with more than 50 new to the annual event, packed the show floor.

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News•by Staff•December 1, 2015

FMCSA’s Final Rule protects bus drivers from being forced to violate safety regs

The Final Rule addresses three key areas concerning driver coercion: procedures for commercial truck and bus drivers to report incidents of coercion to the FMCSA, steps the agency could take when responding to such allegations and penalties that may be imposed on entities found to have coerced drivers.

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News•by Staff•November 25, 2015

Amazon pulls controversial ads from NYC subways

The ads were for its new series, “The Man in the High Castle,” and featured wrapped New York subway seats with iconography from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

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News•by Staff•November 24, 2015

N.Y. MTA to add 46 police officers trained in counterterrorism

Officers will patrol major hubs, the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North and Staten Island Railway. Hiring of the additional officers is expected to cost $3 million under the MTA's 2016 budget. MTA officials said police officers have been trained in countering active shooters.

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