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News•by Staff•March 28, 2017

Strong local leadership key to successful transportation systems

A new handbook draws on examples from over thirty cities and outlines nearly two dozen policies and strategies that mayors and transportation agency leaders can use to improve urban transportation.

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News•by Staff•March 28, 2017

York Region Transit to take part in Canadian battery-electric bus demo

Will purchase six electric-powered heavy-duty transit buses from  New Flyer Industries and Nova Bus, with overhead-charging stations being designed and manufactured by Siemens and ABB Group.

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News•by Staff•March 20, 2017

Calif. transit leaders denounce Trump's crippling cuts to transportation

Budget cuts are achieved by zeroing out federal support for Amtrak’s long-distance train services, limiting federal funding for the FTA’s Capital Investment Program to projects with an existing FFGA, and eliminating funding for the TIGER discretionary grant program.

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News•by Staff•March 20, 2017

MARTA piloting electric bus technology

The agency is testing Proterra's 40-foot battery electric bus as part of exploration of additional cleaner transportation options for fleet.

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News•by Staff•March 20, 2017

Trillium CNG lands HART CNG operations, maintenance contract

The company will also complete a series of upgrades to the existing facility.

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News•by Staff•March 16, 2017

Trump's 'Skinny Budget' cuts U.S. DOT funding by $2.4B

Under the Administration’s proposal, the DOT's funding would be cut by 13%, to $16.2 billion, and limits funding for the Federal Transit Administration's Capital Investment program, eliminates funding for the Essential Air Service program, and ends federal support for long-distance Amtrak trains.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2017

Alstom's hydrogen train successfully completes 1st test run

The four-week test runs currently undergoing in Salzgitter aim at confirming the stability of the energy supply system based on coordinated interaction between the drive, the fuel cell, and the battery of the vehicle.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2017

APTA: $200B public transit infrastructure investment could create, sustain 10M jobs

In addition, it could provide sustained economic growth by contributing $800 billion to the nation's Gross Domestic Product over a 20-year period.  

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News•by Staff•March 13, 2017

Brampton Transit to be part of electric bus demonstration project

Will work with two Canadian transit vehicle manufacturers (New Flyer Industries and Nova Bus) and two charging station manufacturers (ABB Group and Siemens Canada) to deploy up to 10 electric buses and four overhead electric charging stations that plug into an open protocol known as the OppCharge protocol.

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News•by Staff•March 13, 2017

moovel, Capital Factory venture to help foster mobility growth

MobilityX will provide mobility and transportation focused startup companies access to experienced mentors from Capital Factory and Daimler executives, who will give valuable feedback and make introductions to other industry executives.

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