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Cleveland plans service alerts

March 11, 2010

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority plans to provide service alerts via Twitter, emails, and text messages over the next few months and hopes eventually to add real-time updates.

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From amusement park to bus stop?

March 11, 2010

Korean researchers have developed an electric vehicle that draws its power from the road.

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Mumbai’s Western Railway accepts smart cards

March 11, 2010

India’s Western Railway will begin to accept the GO Mumbai smart card.

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Blogging by numbers

March 11, 2010

Blog Muse ia an IBM application that uses crowdsourcing to match blog writers with popular topics.

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Google Maps adds bicycle routes

March 10, 2010

Google Maps is adding bicycle routes for 150 U.S. cities, making the announcement at the 10th Annual Bike Summit in Washington (DC). “This has been a top-requested feature from Google Maps users for the last couple years,” said Google’s Shannon Guymon in Autopia. “There are over 50,000 signatures on a petition.” Google’s bike-mapping algorithm uses several [...]

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No more free ride for Staten Island

March 10, 2010

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to restore fare collection along the entire Staten Island Railway (NY).

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Miami-Dade makes it look EASY

March 10, 2010

ContactlessNews writes about Miami-Dade Transit’s rollout of the EASY contactless smart card system last fall.

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Is the wait over? An overview of the MTA’s countdown clocks

March 9, 2010

The New York Times summarizes the MTA’s experiments with countdown clocks for buses and trains, talking with passengers about their experience.

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CTA gets federal funds for electrified vehicle stalls

March 9, 2010

The Chicago Transit Authority (IL) received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for electrified vehicle stalls that will reduce emissions from parked buses.

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Welsh school buses screen movies to fight anti-social behavior

March 8, 2010

School buses in North Wales will show movies to address behavioral problems like bullying.

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