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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2017

Sound Transit bus, rail ridership continues growth

Link light rail drove the increase, growing 14.5% as more riders used the University Link stations at Capitol Hill and Husky Stadium for a top choice to get around.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2017

Lawmakers meet to find solution for $3B Honolulu light rail funding gap

If no solution is found by Sept. 15, the federal government could demand that Honolulu return more than $800 million it has already spent and withhold the rest of a promised $1.5 billion funding package.

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Newsby StaffAugust 25, 2017

Rail vet picked to join Metrolinx as CEO

Over the last 12 years, Phil Verster has overseen operations and major construction of some of the most complex and customer intensive rail services in England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Newsby StaffAugust 23, 2017

Feds intend to greenlight funding for Md.'s Purple Line

The 16-mile light-rail line, which will run through Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, will connect to Metrorail lines, MARC, Amtrak, and local bus services.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2017

STV, Mott MacDonald JV lands Sound Transit light rail extension contracts

The team will perform systems construction management services for the $3.7 billion East Link Extension, a 14-mile-long extension, and the $1.9 billion 4.3-mile Northgate Link Extension between the University of Washington at Husky Stadium, the University District, and the Northgate neighborhood.

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Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2017

Sacramento RT, city exploring selling naming rights

Transit agency has hired a sponsor-headhunter company in hopes of making extra cash by selling naming rights to local companies for its light rail lines and stations.

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Newsby StaffAugust 4, 2017

MARTA police arrest 538 for fare evasion during 6-week stint

Over the last six weeks, plain clothes officers have actively monitored fare gates across MARTA’s 38 rail stations. To date, the effort has led to hundreds of arrests and suspensions from the MARTA system.

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2017

Sacramento RT installs cameras at station after officer shooting

Deputy Alex Ladwig was shot June 27, allegedly by a man whom Ladwig had approached to check for his train ticket.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2017

Alstom delivers world's first Citadis X05 light rail vehicle to Sydney

The new model will also soon be rolled out soon in other cities including Nice and Avignon, France, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2017

Light rail project to connect Duke with UNC clears another FTA hurdle

Letter to GoTriangle cautioned that “the President’s Budget for FY 2018 proposes no funding for new projects, and thus GoTriangle acknowledges that it is undertaking additional work at its own risk, which may not receive Capital Investment Grants funding.”

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