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Transit Dispatchesby Alex RomanMarch 14, 2013

Closure of Fung Wah sends clear message

At the end of February, the FMCSA declared the notorious Fung Wah Bus Transportation Inc. to be an imminent hazard and sent the company an out-of-service order, which ordered Fung Wah to immediately provide its entire fleet of 28 motorcoaches for thorough and detailed safety inspections by qualified inspectors. The company was then shut down after not cooperating with FMCSA safety investigators and blocked further access to company safety records.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2013

Mineta Institute releases TRB high-speed rail videos

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and other experts are featured in a set of seven videos from a day-long workshop on the future of high-speed and intercity passenger rail.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 19, 2013

LaHood wins WTS International award

The Navigator Award was created by WTS International to recognize the achievements of an individual or organization for extraordinary efforts to attract, retain and advance women in the transportation industry.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2013

NTSB to hold public forum on positive train control

The "Positive Train Control: Is it on Track?" forum will be held in the NTSB Conference Center in Washington, D.C., and is free and open to the public. A detailed agenda and a list of speakers are forthcoming.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2013

N.Y. MTA introduces interactive subway map

Now, without the need to open a separate PDF file, you can zoom in to enlarge any part of the map and expose details for easy viewing.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2013

CUTA releases accessibility study

The report shows that the case for providing accessible transit is supported by a broad spectrum of annual monetary benefits to the national economy.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2013

Houston Metro retains First Transit

New contract will be for five years with two one-year options and takes effect Feb. 1, 2013.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2013

Secretary LaHood to step down

Touts success of last four years in letter to U.S. DOT employees.

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Transit Dispatchesby Heather RedfernJanuary 16, 2013

SEPTA beefs up its ‘social’ assets

In this age of smartphones, tablets, Twitter, Facebook and other social media, rapid transit has taken on a new meaning. Passengers not only want to get to their destinations fast, they want information about their trips in an instant. To answer customers’ demands of immediacy, transportation organizations across the country have taken to using a variety of methods to disseminate details as quickly as possible.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 16, 2013

Mich. light rail may get $25M in funds

Last month, the state legislature established a regional transit authority for Metro Detroit, in response to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s requiring one before he would release funding for M-1 light rail streetcar project.

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