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NJ TRANSIT seeks WiFi for trains

September 3, 2010

NJ TRANSIT wants to add wireless Internet connections for its 12 rail lines and 165 train stations.

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Plans progress for Parisian automated subway

September 3, 2010

The Transport Politic reports some signs of progress for the proposed project to build an automated rail line connecting the Paris suburbs.

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Dayton to buy new hybrids

September 3, 2010

The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (OH) is receiving $950,000 in federal funds to purchase two new hybrid buses.

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Chicago suburb tracks students with technology

September 3, 2010

A school district outside Chicago became the second system in Illinois to use technology to track the location of students on school buses.

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Researchers to test impacts of traveler info

September 2, 2010

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, launched a field test designed to compare the impacts of real-time traffic, bus, and Caltrain information on mode choice.

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Railroad uses Twitter to reunite lost cat with owner

September 2, 2010

It isn’t often that The Transit Wire gets to post a story about technology coming to the aid of a lost cat; this one comes from the Los Angeles Times.

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Metro offers real-time train info by phone

September 2, 2010

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) customers can now access real-time train arrival information by telephone.

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New MTA subway cars to have onboard cameras

September 1, 2010

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) is purchasing 340 new cars that will be equipped with surveillance cameras.

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King County narrows choices for replacing trolleybuses

September 1, 2010

Planners at King County Metro Transit (WA) will compare two propulsion technologies for replacing its aging fleet of trolleybuses: updated electric trolleybuses or diesel-electric hybrids.

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LA Metro releases iPhone app

September 1, 2010

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority released Go Metro, a free iPhone application.

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