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NewsJune 18, 2020

MBTA, VRE extend Keolis rail contracts

VRE's contract will now run through 2025, while MBTA will run through 2026.

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NewsJune 17, 2020

TriMet reallocates $1.8M in funding from Transit Police to community-based services

The new actions TriMet announced join the steps and actions taken over the past five years, in coordination with its Transit Equity Advisory Committee, to make TriMet more fair and equitable.

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NewsJune 17, 2020

Wabtec lands $120M Virgin Trains USA PTC contract

In total, will equip 90 freight and commuter locomotives with its I-ETMS train control technology.

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NewsJune 16, 2020

DART installing COVID-19 shields on all buses

The new shield leverages DART's initial investment of the operator barrier door by expanding a shield forward toward the windshield and upward toward the ceiling.

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Newsby Alex RomanJune 15, 2020

COVID's impact on Canadian transit and more with CUTA's D'Angelo

The president and CEO joins the podcast to discuss the continued fight for more operations funding and what transit looks like as provinces begin to open up.

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NewsJune 15, 2020

Keolis donates 30K face masks to Boston communities

On June 6, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a transition to Phase 2 of Reopening Massachusetts, a phase that continues to require face coverings or masks as a precaution.

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NewsJune 12, 2020

Feds to distribute nearly 100M face masks to transportation passengers

The DOT, alongside the DHS, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have been working with states and industries to ensure the travelers have access to facial coverings.

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NewsJune 10, 2020

New Disinfectant Designed to Kill Coronavirus

Madison Chemical’s MADISAN 75 is a surface sanitizer, disinfectant, mildewstat, and virucide designed to kill coronavirus, as well as other viruses and bacteria.

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NewsJune 9, 2020

N.Y. MTA finds 92% of ridership using masks, urges 100% compliance

Research has found that wearing a face covering can reduce the rate of COVID-19 transmission significantly.

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ArticlesCover StoryJune 8, 2020

Safety key to Metrolink delivering ‘essential service’

The agency remains focused on safety and an ambitious capital improvement program, which will boost capacity ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.   

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