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News•by Staff•February 9, 2018

Calif. awards Metrolink $10.5M to bolster safety, service reliability

The State Rail Assistance program provides California’s commuter and intercity rail agencies with supplemental revenue that they can use to improve rail service in various ways.

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News•by Giles Bailey•February 8, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: The rollout of contactless ticketing in Europe

One of the basics in any transport system is ticketing. Efficiently collecting payment remains at the core of the role of most operators.

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News•by Staff•February 7, 2018

RIPTA partners with INIT for electronic fare management project

Once implemented, RIPTA passengers will be able to pay fares by simply tapping their card or mobile device on a validator.

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News•by Staff•February 7, 2018

Alstom awarded for hydrogen fuel-cell train

Features include clean energy conversion, flexible energy storage in batteries, and smart management of traction power and available energy.

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News•by Staff•February 7, 2018

Caltrain, moovel North America team for mobile fare payment app

Caltrain Mobile can run on iOS and Android operating systems and will accept major credit and debit cards.

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News•by Staff•February 7, 2018

Severe obstructive sleep apnea to blame for NJ Transit, LIRR train crashes

The NTSB also determined that these safety issues were not unique to these two properties, but exist throughout the country at many intercity passenger and commuter passenger train terminals.

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News•by Staff•February 6, 2018

L.A. is world's most gridlocked city, new report says

L.A. drivers spent 102 peak hours in congestion in 2017, followed by Moscow (91 hours), New York (91 hours), San Francisco (79 hours) and Bogota (75 hours).

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News•by Staff•February 6, 2018

Texas Central bullet train co. picks Houston station location

Texas Central has named it as their preferred site because of minimal environmental and community impact and ability to connect to desired destinations.

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News•by Staff•February 6, 2018

Trillium CNG to begin offering hydrogen fueling

Will begin construction on its first hydrogen fueling station for fuel-cell electric buses this summer for the Orange County Transportation Authority.

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News•by Staff•February 6, 2018

GIRO to expand usage of A.I., big data for public transit

The company partnered with the Institue for Data Valorization to carry out joint research projects.

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