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News•by Staff•November 4, 2015

D.C. Metro plans to offer GM post to second pick

After corporate financial expert Neal S. Cohen declined the job, D.C. Council member Jack Evans said the second of two finalists “is still interested” in the position.

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News•by Staff•November 3, 2015

2 more RTC, Washoe County properties attacked by shooters

The latest incident makes four windows shot out since last week, with local police unsure if there is a link to the spat of similar attacks on RTC properties in Sparks during the summer.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2015

Apollo Video named transit bus video surveillance market leader

Named by World Market for Mobile Video Surveillance Equipment report,which ranks companies based on annual sales revenue and is published every other year.

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News•by Staff•November 2, 2015

Wash. transit wants more seniors to benefit from fixed route

Only about 5% of riders on WTA’s fixed bus routes in Whatcom County are over 65. In contrast to senior’s relatively low ridership on fixed routes, more than 1,700 people over 65 use WTA’s paratransit service.

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News•by Staff•October 29, 2015

N.Y. MTA approves 2015-19 Capital Program

The Capital Program will buy thousands of new subway cars, train cars and buses; invest $2.8 billion in subway station improvements; finish installing positive train control on Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road; and more.

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News•by Staff•October 29, 2015

D.C. Metro selects candidate for GM post

Neal Cohen, 55, is a former top financial official in the airline industry, who became chief financial officer and executive VP of the aerospace company Orbital ATK in 2012.

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News•by Staff•October 29, 2015

Senate passes 3-week transportation bill extension, 3-year PTC extension

Additionally, the Senate approved the nomination of Sarah Feinberg as head of the Federal Railroad Administration.

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News•by Staff•October 29, 2015

PSTA CEO named head of Florida transportation group

The appointment of Brad Miller was announced during the Florida Public Transportation Association’s annual meeting, held this week (Oct. 25 to 28) in Daytona Beach, Fla.

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News•by Staff•October 28, 2015

L.A.'s Gold Line sets March 5 launch date

The rail extension was built by the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, an independent transportation planning and construction agency. The line took approximately five years to build, with major construction completed in September 2015.

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News•by Staff•October 27, 2015

Sacramento shoots down controversial 'smelly' rider rule

Sacramento Regional Transit Board of Directors passed a new set of rules Monday night that kicks people off of RT buses and trains who become a public nuisance.

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