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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2018

Public-private partnership formed to test Metra reverse-commute

Metra to work with businesses and governments to add Milwaukee North trains

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NewsOctober 10, 2017

Bind the gap: Resolving transit’s first-and-last-mile challenge

In November 2016, voters approved about 70% of public transit initiatives on ballots across America, but we all acknowledge that the connections between systems remain a critical challenge — particularly, the “first-and-last-mile” challenge.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 25, 2017

L.A. Metro to invest $9M in affordable housing near transit

The Metro Affordable Transportation Connected Housing Program is part of a public-private partnership to loan money to developers to build more affordable housing within a half-mile of transit lines, which in turn could encourage more ridership.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2017

Canadian infrastructure bank possible financing option for U.S.-Canada high-speed line

The Trudeau government’s soon-to-be-launched, $35-billion infrastructure bank will seek to use public funds as leverage to attract billions more in private investment for major infrastructure projects, such as bridges, transit systems, and rail lines.

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2017

Keolis, MBTA to improve commuter rail ticket checking

Estimates suggest that up to $24 million in uncollected fare could be recovered through a ticket-checking modernization initiative and other tactics.

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Newsby StaffJuly 12, 2017

MBTA, STV, partners launch new Boston Landing Station

The station provides a vital link to the popular shoe and athletic apparel company’s 250,000-square-foot world headquarters and the overall Boston Landing development, encompassing 2.15 million square feet of office/lab, sports, entertainment, retail, hotel, and residential space.

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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2017

Trillium opens CNG station in York, Pa.

The P3 project will provide CNG to more than 1,600 buses at transit agencies across Pennsylvania. rabbittransit has one CNG bus, and eight additional CNG buses will be delivered next month

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2016

M-1 Rail opens rail facility for Detroit streetcar

The Penske Tech Center will be the nation’s first vehicle storage and maintenance facility to operate completely off-wire.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

Maryland Purple Line EIS receives FTA 'Outstanding Achievement' award

The MTA’s Purple Line is a 16-mile, 21-station light rail line in the northern Washington D.C. suburbs. A circumferential rail transit line linking an existing radial system, the Purple Line will connect key activity centers, four branches of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system, and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby StaffNovember 25, 2015

Bombardier to supply 4 more trams to Australia

The order is valued at approximately $18 million and is an exercise of an option included in a contract signed in 2011.

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