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MTA selects winning app

February 3, 2012
Winners of MTA App Quest

Embark NYC, an all-purpose app with trip planning, service advisories, interactive maps, and schedules, won the grand prize in the MTA App Quest competition.

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London retrofits buses to reduce emissions

February 3, 2012
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After successful pilot tests, Transport for London (UK) will retrofit more buses to reduce NOx and PM10 emissions.

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Capital Bikeshare sets sights on suburbs

February 3, 2012
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Capital Bikeshare, with more than 140 stations in the District of Columbia and Arlington (VA), will expand into Rockville and Alexandria this summer.

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Fare collection challenges for the MBTA

February 3, 2012
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Fare evasion is an ongoing problem for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line, and Transit on the Line explores some of the reasons.

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Transit Windsor approves trip planner

February 2, 2012
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Transit Windsor (ON) will move forward with plans to develop an online trip planner that will use existing data about bus routes and schedules.

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MBTA partners with company to offer real-time info by text

February 2, 2012
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The MBTA has teamed up with software company CooCoo to provide real-time bus and commuter rail arrival estimates by text message.

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Technology and public engagement

February 1, 2012
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In his Talking Transportation blog, Lloyd Brown writes about the role of technology in building public engagement.

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New York transit police dogs sniff and shoot

February 1, 2012
MTA police officer and canine partner

NYPD is outfitting its transit bureau K-9 unit with infrared cameras to help the dogs and their handlers see into the depths of the MTA rail system.

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Paris unveils design for next generation Passe Navigo

January 31, 2012
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Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France has unveiled the design for the new Passe Navigo, which will be compatible with NFC-enabled mobile phones.

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University officials link real-time info to higher ridership

January 31, 2012
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University of Iowa officials say that the Bongo GPS-based real-time passenger information system has led to increased bus ridership.

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