July 2009

Government tweeters flourish

July 29, 2009

More than 2,000 government agencies and officials are using Twitter to communicate with their constituents.

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Fire-fighting robots debut in London

July 29, 2009

Several British transportation agencies are testing a team of robots designed to fight fires that involve cylinders of acetylene gas.

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Feds relaunch website with resources for disability community

July 28, 2009

The U.S. Department of Labor relaunched Disability.gov, which provides information about programs and services for people the disabilities.

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Canadian system fights counterfeit passes

July 28, 2009

The University of Guelph (ON) is working with Guelph Transit to introduce RFID-enabled transit passes for students. The move comes after more than 60 counterfeit passes were confiscated in the last year.

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COTA considers real-time alerts

July 28, 2009

The Central Ohio Transit Authority, in Columbus, may offer real-time bus-location information via text messages within the next several years.

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Pennsylvania seeks maglev funding

July 28, 2009

The Pennsylvania High-Speed Maglev Project and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation are seeking preliminary funding for the first phase of a maglev train system to serve Pittsburgh, Monroeville, and Greensburg

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VINE adds hybrids to fleet

July 27, 2009

VINE, which provides fixed-route transit in California’s Napa Valley, is adding four hybrid buses to its fleet.

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USF joins WeCar car-sharing program

July 27, 2009

The University of South Florida has partnered with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to offer car-sharing services on its Tampa campus.

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NTSB: Metro circuit problem began in 2007

July 24, 2009

The track circuit that apparently contributed to last month’s Metrorail crash had been malfunctioning intermittently since December 2007, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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District of Columbia cuts fleet costs with car-sharing

July 24, 2009

The motor pool has gone high-tech. Thanks to the DC Fleet Share program, Washington, D.C., employees can reserve a city car online and use a special access card to unlock the vehicle.

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