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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 6, 2024

New York Unveils 5-Point Plan to Increase Subway Safety

The plan includes surging State personnel to assist NYPD bag checks, a new program bill that would permit transit bans for individuals that assault other passengers, adding new cameras to protect conductor cabins, and more.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 6, 2024

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Relaunching Service Through Damaged Area

With all 33 steel beams for the foundation of the wall in place and Amtrak conducting its own risk analysis, the team has agreed that limited Pacific Surfliner service can safely resume to and from San Diego through San Clemente.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 6, 2024

D.C.'s Fleet of the Future to be Showcased at the National Mall

The multi-week event is the first time WMATA has hosted the public to see a mock-up of its newest trains on the National Mall since the first 1000-series train cars in 1968.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 5, 2024

Chicago Launches New Innovation Studio

Through the studio, the agency kicks off a long-term effort to partner with private sector entities to explore leading-edge ideas to improve system safety, develop a new solution for asset management, and expand real-time info.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 4, 2024

Maryland Updates Purple Line Launch Date

An agreement between MDOT, MTA, and Purple Line Partners will extend the contractual deadline for achieving Revenue Service Availability to Winter 2027.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2024

Amtrak Awards Contract for Upgrades in Philadelphia

Herzog Contracting Corp. was selected to design and construct a new Heavy Maintenance Facility at Amtrak’s Penn Coach Yard in Philadelphia.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2024

Feds Make $9.9B in Formula Funds Available to Transit

The funding will help communities maintain and operate trains, buses, and ferries; upgrade stations and tracks; plan and design new transit corridors; and provide access for seniors and riders with disabilities.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2024

Denver's RTD's Downtown Light Rail Reconstruction Project to Launch in May

The first phase of the approximately $152 million, full-depth reconstruction project will commence in May and focus on five segments of at-grade rail and street intersections in the Downtown Loop.

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Safety Cornerby Lottie WestfieldFebruary 27, 2024

Taking A Look at 5 Boston MBTA Accessibility Initiatives

Over the past two decades, the agency has progressed leaps and bounds in terms of improving accessibility for local citizens.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsFebruary 27, 2024

New York Details Projects at Risk Due to Congestion Pricing Lawsuits

Without the funding Congestion Pricing will provide, the projects to make the transit system safer, more reliable, accessible, and equitable are at risk, according to the MTA.

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