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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2016

TransLoc, NCDOT partners to enhance mobility with Amtrak, Uber, transit

TransLoc’s Rider app will provide passengers with door-to-door trip planning to and from nine Amtrak stations throughout the state and bring multimodal transit opportunities to more than five million residents across three major metropolitan areas.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2016

Fla.'s HART to develop autonomous circulator route

The project would be one of the first of its kind in the U.S. utilizing autonomous technology and has the potential to become a genuine problem solver, according to FDOT and HART.

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Newsby StaffOctober 12, 2016

Mammoth-sized track construction machine used for Conn. line unveiled

The 250-ton machine can assemble up to 1,000 feet of track per hour (500 ties) in ideal conditions, at over one mile of track per day.

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Newsby StaffOctober 12, 2016

DTE Energy to power Detroit's streetcar

The QLINE — a 3.3-mile modern street car line on Woodward Avenue in Detroit will be powered by four new traction power substations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 26, 2016

FDOT, Fla. Poly partner to develop transportation tech facility

SunTrax includes a 2.25-mile oval track on a 400-acre site in Polk County, centrally located between Tampa and Orlando. 

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2016

FTA awards $7.3M in grants for transit to healthcare initiatives

Grants to 19 projects in 16 states will build partnerships between health, transportation, and other service providers to address the problem of how to get people without vehicles to doctors and wellness appointments to help them maintain good health.

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Newsby StaffJune 29, 2016

Citing progress, Ga. DOT will not shut down Atlanta streetcar system

Last month, Commissioner Russell McMurry threatened to close down the streetcar, citing the city’s failure to “provide timely, substantive and compliant responses” to the agency’s concerns.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2016

Indian Trails adds 10 Buy America-compliant Prevost X3-45s

The purchase took place in partnership with the Michigan Department of Transportation as part of the FTA's Non-Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program.

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Newsby StaffJune 21, 2016

Survey finds Virginians favor public transportation investment

The survey also suggests that if there were more transit service, more people would use it, with just around 50% of those surveyed said they would be more likely to use public transit more often if either it was available closer to where they live, or if it operated more frequently.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2016

Mich. city council votes against rail station disclosure

The six to five vote against publicly releasing a draft copy of the city's Ann Arbor Station alternatives analysis report, which includes an evaluation of possible station locations on Depot Street and Fuller Road.

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