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NewsMay 4, 2022

LA Metro, Little Tokyo Service Center Celebrate Groundbreaking of Santa Monica Vermont Apartments

The project’s 187 units will be affordable for low-income households, with half of the units reserved as permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals.

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NewsMay 4, 2022

APTA Honors 2022 Bus Safety, Security Excellence Award Winners

The APTA Bus and Rail Safety & Security Excellence Awards recognize public transit providers for their innovative and proactive safety and security programs.

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NewsMay 3, 2022

AARP Launches Livability Index to Reveal America’s Top Transportation-Friendly Cities

Launched in 2015, the Index scores livability by using more than 50 national data source.

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NewsApril 29, 2022

WMATA Police Launches New Community Policing, Safety Initiatives

The department’s first civilian in senior leadership, Director Shandha Louis, will head up efforts to work with schools, neighborhood groups, and mental health advocates to foster a collaborative relationship.

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NewsApril 26, 2022

NTSB Closes Recommendations on Preventing Rail Worker Fatalities

The closed recommendations are related to the deaths of two railway workers struck and killed by a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority train on Jan. 26, 2010.

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NewsApril 20, 2022

Speed, Worn Tires Among Causes of Fatal California Bus Crash, NTSB Determines

​​The 30-passenger bus, operated by Executive Lines Inc., was traveling southbound in the rain on Interstate 15 near Pala Mesa, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2020, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

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NewsApril 5, 2022

RTD Launches New Fare Study, Equity Analysis

RTD will be examining its fares and exploring changes to its fare structure and pass programs.

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NewsMarch 29, 2022

MTI Research Explores The Misuse of the 'Equity' Label

The latest Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) perspective addresses how harmful it can be when decision-makers misuse the issue of equity in transportation.

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NewsMarch 11, 2022

CTA, Chicago Police Officials Announce New Public Safety Measures

Officers will be divided into teams that are an extension of CPD’s overall effort to address and reduce violence in Chicago.

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NewsMarch 7, 2022

CTA Strategically Deploys Security Guards

Security guards have been assigned to teams responsible for patrolling targeted locations during key hours of operation, including teams deployed to travel both the Red and Blue line trains during the day and overnight hours.

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