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News•by Staff•January 6, 2020

DART taps Stadler for rail maintenance contract

This is the first maintenance contract for the company in the U.S.

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Articles•Cover Story•January 6, 2020

Successful ways to attract, retain women in the transportation industry

Promote the desired perceptions of the organization, connect early with students, provide flexible workplaces, and a welcoming culture.

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News•January 2, 2020

2019's Cities with the Best (and Worst) Public Transportation

Ranks 100 U.S. cities across three key dimensions: Accessibility; Convenience; Safety; Reliability; and Public Transit Resources.

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Articles•Cover Story•January 2, 2020

A Closer Look at GILLIG, Cummins Battery Electric Bus Partnership

Two of the longest-running brands collaborate to bring to market a new 40-foot bus with a 444 kWh battery capacity and an estimated 150-mile range.

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News•by Staff•December 31, 2019

Public transit users can now ask Amazon's Alexa, "Where's my bus?"

A USF researcher utilized a new personalization feature for Alexa to upgrade the OneBusAway skill.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

NY Gov. calls for reexamination of high-speed rail system possibilities

Recommendations have consistently estimated that high-speed rail projects would take decades and be unaffordable.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

Denver RTD rider alerts provide passengers with real-time info

Because the system is tied to RTD’s data feed, employees no longer have to manually research routes and write alerts from scratch.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

DART pursues advertising for transit shelters

Dallas is one of the few major cities without transit shelter advertising.

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News•by Staff•December 30, 2019

Wash.'s Link Transit rolls out new suite of online tools for riders

The initiative is the culmination of a nearly two-year long project to equip all Link buses with GPS hardware that allows the bus to be tracked by riders.

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News•by Staff•December 26, 2019

2020 will see cities develop advanced urban strategies, report says

The concepts of digital twins, urban modeling, resilience, circularity, smart urban spaces, and electric micro-mobility and microtransit...

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