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Study found that texting increased the risk of a safety-critical driving event for truck drivers by 23.2 times. Another study conducted in 2006 found that drivers using cell phones failed to stop at stop signs 10 times more often than drivers not using cell phones.
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Will jump-start planning for high-speed rail between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, focusing on the Tower 55 project. The project will alleviate congestion at one of the busiest railroad intersections in the U.S., where ten freight and passenger rail routes converge and carry more than 100 trains per day.
Read More →Group will guide the FTA’s safety rulemaking agenda if the final legislation is passed by Congress and signed by President Obama.
Read More →The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation is offering new tools to help agencies transition to low and zero-emission buses, including a new comprehensive guidebook.
Read More →A state budget proposal would decrease matching grants, reducing support from $8 million to $6 million.
Read More →The extension, which was recommended by the RABA staff, is set to begin July 1, 2014.
Read More →Under the plan, all long-distance routes will transition to a universal single-level fleet, replacing today’s mix of bi-level and single-level equipment.
Read More →Two divergent visions for the federal transit role must also focus on the supply chain.
Read More →ZIPZONE marks Via’s third on-demand public transportation deployment in Texas, joining successful shared transit deployments in the neighboring cities of Arlington and Austin.
Read More →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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