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Newsby StaffApril 11, 2012

Cincinnati selects CAF vehicles for streetcar project

The vehicle offered by the company is conventionally powered with a 100% low-floor design.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2012

Oregon Iron Works to build streetcars for D.C. DOT

Will manufacture two streetcars for the DC Streetcar system. The new vehicles will be built in the U.S. and will begin running in 2013.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2012

S.F. Muni celebrates 100 years

Also launched special section of its website to share photographic archive images, historic information and a calendar of events at which the SFMTA centennial will be featured.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2012

RTA New Orleans launches public safety campaign

Through the use of television PSAs, advertisements on RTA vehicles, brochures, flyers and social media, the safety campaign grabs the viewer's attention with creative and direct messaging encouraging citizens to "think again" so that they avoid dangers while near a streetcar line.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2012

PB partners for Phoenix light rail expansion contract

As the PM/CM consultant, the joint venture will provide support personnel to Valley Metro in a wide range of program management, construction management, and management consulting services.

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ArticlesMarch 15, 2012

Public transportation’s green benefits get lost in D.C. debate

Opponents ignore all the evidence that shows that public transportation is one investment that contributes to sustainable economic growth, that you really can have green investments.

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ArticlesMarch 14, 2012

Streetcar Projects Continue Breaking Ground Despite Uncertain Federal Future

Federal officials look at new rules to make streetcars more eligible — but overall funding may be cut in budget battles.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 21, 2012

Cincinnati breaks ground on 3.9-mile streetcar

Will connect Cincinnati's riverfront and downtown employers with Findlay Market and the Over-the Rhine historic district, revitalizing neighborhoods along the route and giving people greater mobility and access to jobs and services.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

AECOM wins New Orleans streetcar contract

Will prepare final design documents for the second phase of the expansion, which spans more than a mile of the established Rampart/St. Claude transit corridor in the heart of the city and serves the French Quarter as well as other historic neighborhoods.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

Nashville study finds BRT half as costly as streetcars

Estimates a BRT system would cost $136 million to construct, less than half the $275 million required for streetcars. The number of trips riders would make on either system would be about the same, 4,500 average weekday trips on BRT versus 4,800 on streetcars in the first year.

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