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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Obama announces funding of 2,000th ARRA project

The 2,000th project is a $68 million project in Kalamazoo County, Mich., which involves the widening of I-94 from two lanes both east and westbound to three lanes in each direction. The project will improve safety and ease congestion by providing a more efficient interchange.

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Busby StaffApril 13, 2009

Rotary Lift products available through HGACBuy

Rotary sells 145 products, including light-duty vehicle lifts; heavy-duty vehicle lifts; adapters and accessories, through HGACBuy under contract number FL03-09: Fleet Management & Maintenance Equipment.

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Railby StaffApril 13, 2009

Cricket to provide wireless infrastructure to Chicago

Company recently completed the installation and testing of its base equipment to the Chicago Transit Authority wireless infrastructure. Customers who use Cricket wireless services can now communicate throughout the red and blue line subways.

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Busby StaffApril 10, 2009

President Obama nominates Hurley to lead NHTSA

Previously, Hurley has held senior leadership positions with the National Safety Council and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and served as CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving since 2005.

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Busby StaffApril 10, 2009

METRO Briefs

MTA fare hike protests hit Facebook. 311 calls costing SFMTA. Alexandria cracking down on motorcoaches.

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Busby StaffApril 10, 2009

FEMA announces $970M in preparedness grants

$25 million allocated for Amtrak to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disasters and other emergencies within the Amtrak rail system.

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New Mobilityby StaffApril 10, 2009

N.J. Transit awards first ARRA contract

Contract will pay for a new parking lot with 500 parking spaces. In addition, the project will generate approximately 110 jobs during construction and includes repaving and reconfiguring one of two existing lots.

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Motorcoachby StaffApril 9, 2009

Canada chooses Nova Bus for ITS retrofit

The city of Sudbury’s ITS4mobility system will include next-stop vocal and visual announcements; GPS, for real-time location and schedule information; and text messaging for two-way communication.

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Busby StaffApril 9, 2009

AngelTrax unveils ‘Roadshow Bus’

Equipped with the manufacturer’s patent published Virtual Synchronized Mapping Module, patent pending Hybrid Component Mobile DVR and seven transit series cameras. It will debut this year at conferences across the U.S.

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Busby StaffApril 9, 2009

MCI delivers J4500s, expands Webinar offerings

Since launching its Webinar series last year, MCI has trained about 500 industry personnel. All Webinars are held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. CST. Registration is required.

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