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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2012

Pittsburgh light rail extension readies for opening

The $523 million North Shore Connector shuttles passengers between the new Gateway Station downtown to the elevated Allegheny Station, adjacent to Heinz Field on the North Shore.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2012

Houston Metro ridership up

Rail ridership alone posted a 17.7% percent increase to 902,025 boardings compared to the 766,051 recorded in the same month last year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2012

Honolulu narrows list to former MBTA chief

Grabauskas, also a former state transportation secretary, was appointed by Mitt Romney and forced to resign from the T in 2009.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2012

L.A. Metro may cut bus line serving low-income workers

Trying to eliminate or reduce service on the 305 and other bus lines for more than a year, due to the upcoming opening of the Expo light rail line, low ridership, budget concerns and to eliminate route duplication. Cuts will fall hardest on minorities and low-income riders, critics say.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2012

Ottawa light rail plan estimated at $76M

Under the city's current plans, the O-Train line is to be converted from diesel technology to a double-track electric light-rail line and extended about 20 years from now. Transit financial plans do not contemplate funding for construction in the railway corridor until after 2031.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2012

Sound Transit 'shovel ready' light rail plan approved

The plan gives the agency a green light to immediately move forward with a conceptual engineering study, environmental review process and record of decision on a route not only to S. 272nd Street, which voters approved in the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure in 2008, but all the way to the Federal Way Transit Center.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2012

FTA's Rogoff tours DART Green Line

Under the President's proposed FY 2013 budget, Dallas area residents could see more than a 6% increase in federal transit funding compared to FY 2012 estimates.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 15, 2012

TRB, APTA extend call for light rail abstracts

The 12th National Light Rail Conference,"Sustaining the Metropolis: LRT and Streetcars for Super Cities," will be held Nov. 12 to 13, 2012, in Salt Lake City.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 8, 2012

Sound Transit proposes $24M rail study

The agency is planning to design a longer southern extension of light rail that would run to Federal Way. The four-year study will make the project eligible for federal funding.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2012

Calif. light rail collision is system’s worst

The recent crash involving a Sacramento Regional Transit District commuter train and an SUV that killed three people is the worst accident since the light rail system opened in 1987.

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