April 2010

Keys to the city: NYC Transit may replace locks on emergency gates

April 27, 2010

MTA New York City Transit may have to replace the locks on emergency gates in nearly 500 subway stations because too many keys have ended up in the wrong hands.

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New York MTA to host “unconference” for developers

April 27, 2010

Following in the footsteps of the Massachusetts DOT, among others, the New York MTA is hosting a so-called Unconference for application developers on May 5.

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Sonoma County welcomes new buses

April 27, 2010

Sonoma County Transit (CA) is a few weeks away from putting 10 new buses in service, which will make the county the only Bay Area property to fuel all its heavy buses with CNG.

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Metra says no to WiFi

April 26, 2010

Despite successful examples in other cities, Chicago-area Metra (IL) has no plans to install wireless Internet connections on its commuter rail coaches.

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Metro develops dashboard to monitor safety

April 26, 2010

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) is developing an online tool for incident tracking and safety management reporting.

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Smile! Chicago taxis install security cameras

April 26, 2010

To help fight crimes against taxi drivers, cameras will be installed in Chicago (IL) taxis to snap photos of passengers.

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Road trip: Rating UK mobile broadband coverage on trains

April 23, 2010

The second annual test of mobile broadband coverage on UK trains showed improvements over the 2009 results for top speed but coverage was inconsistent.

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Metro-North introduces electronic parking meters

April 23, 2010

MTA Metro-North Railroad (NY) is replacing outdated meters and slot boxes at its parking lots with new electronic meters that will accept credit and debit cards.

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ORCA card celebrates first year

April 23, 2010

The ORCA card celebrated its first anniversary this week and, despite some growing pains, about 470,000 customers use the smart card throughout the Puget Sound (WA) area.

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Dubai to launch dual-purpose card

April 22, 2010

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (UAE) plans to launch a new dual-chip smart card that combines the features of the existing Nol card with the functions of a credit/debit card. “The cards could be used for your day-to-day purchases as well as for your daily travels,” said Mohammed Yousuf Al Mudharreb. “This is an additional [...]

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