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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2009

METRO Briefs

Detroit may lay off 113 bus drivers. MBTA defends railroad right-of-way licenses. Suspended Iowa driver returns to work.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2009

MBTA makes schedule, geographic data public

Data includes full schedules and geographic information for all MBTA bus, rail, and ferry routes, along with several regional transit authorities.

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Newsby StaffAugust 12, 2009

METRO Briefs

Aloisi vows to improve MBTA. Safety goals demanded after S.F. Muni crashes. N.Y. MTA transit workers win wage hike.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2009

MBTA partners with Google Maps

Reaches people that the MBTA trip planner does not by surfacing public transit itineraries as an alternative when a user does a directions search within Google Maps.

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Newsby StaffJuly 17, 2009

METRO Briefs

El Camino Trailways blazes trails. N.Y. Times: New MTA chief has tough job. MBTA GM says he's available.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2009

NTSB: Fatigue, lack of PTC caused trolley crash

The two-train collision on the MBTA Green Line last year occurred as a result of the trolley operator's failure to obey a signal indication, due to a possible sleep disorder and the lack of a positive train control system.

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Newsby StaffJune 8, 2009

MBTA expands cell phone ban

Effective immediately, MBTA contractors, including Mass Bay Commuter Rail (MBCR), The RIDE paratransit service, and commuter boat and private bus contractors will comply with the directive issued to MBTA operators last month.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2009

METRO Briefs

NHTSA to require belts on buses. MBTA driver caught on phone. Colorado DOT to add new division.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2009

4 MBTA unions agree to wage freeze

If agency's other unions, representing everyone from bus drivers to transit police, make a similar concession, it stands to save about $17.3 million in the FY 2010 budget, according to authority officials.

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Newsby StaffMay 15, 2009

<font color=red>Breaking News:</font> MBTA fires texting trolley operator

Quinn, who admitted he was texting his girlfriend when the crash occurred, has been a no-show at two scheduled meetings with NTSB and MBTA investigators.

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