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Paratransit agencies adopt technology

August 25, 2010

Almost two thirds of the paratransit agencies responding to Metro Magazine’s annual survey added new technology last year.

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Still waiting for the train in Boston

August 24, 2010

While MBTA bus riders have the option of tracking most of the system’s bus routes, they will have to wait a little longer to get real-time rail information.

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Metro issues challenge to app developers

August 11, 2010

Staff from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC) met with local developers on Monday to preview the Transparent Data Sets API, which will allow developers to create applications using Metro bus and rail data

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Octopus exec resigns over data breach

August 9, 2010

Prudence Chan, CEO of Octopus Holdings, has resigned after admitting that the smart card payment company sold private customer data to six companies.

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The wait is over for MBTA riders

August 2, 2010

As The Transit Wire has reported, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has released real-time data for most of its bus routes, The Boston Globe highlights some of the latest apps.

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UK “hacker” delegation visits India

August 2, 2010

When British Prime Minister David Cameron led a delegation to India, he included some of the UK’s top data experts. Blogger David McCandless was among them and recapped the visit in the Guardian.

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Manchester releases transit data

August 1, 2010

GMPTE, the transit agency serving Greater Manchester (UK), released full route and timetable data for its bus services.

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Octopus Holdings sold customer data

July 30, 2010

Hong Kong’s Octopus Holdings, Ltd., which provides e-payment services, received HK$44 million for selling personal data from 1.97 million customers to six companies.

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TriMet previews details of open source trip planner

July 22, 2010

TriMet (OR) recently shared details of its open source multi-modal trip planner project with about three dozen Portland-area transportation and data experts.

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Transit CIOs form consortium

July 22, 2010

Chief information officers from more than 30 U.S. transit agencies have formed the Transit CIO Consortium.

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