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		<title>BART&#8217;s computer failure reveals system flaws</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2011/08/11/barts-computer-failure-reveals-system-flaws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday's computer glitch, which forced BART to shut down service for more than two hours, highlighted the need for modernizing the 40-year-old system.]]></description>
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		<title>Computer glitch shuts down BART trains</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2011/08/10/computer-glitch-shuts-down-bart-trains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A communications problem between two routers shut down BART for over two hours on Monday night, and officials are still trying to figure out why.]]></description>
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		<title>MARTA to upgrade train control technology</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2011/01/25/marta-to-upgrade-train-control-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (GA) signed an agreement to overhaul its train control technology.]]></description>
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		<title>A look at Metro-North&#8217;s high-tech control center</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/09/08/a-look-at-metro-norths-high-tech-control-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Post previewed Metro-North Railroad's new operations control center, which oversees over 400 miles of track and more than 1,000 switches.]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Dubai Metro&#8217;s control center</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/06/15/inside-dubai-metros-control-center/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/06/15/inside-dubai-metros-control-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gulf News got a behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech control center for the driverless Dubai Metro (UAE).]]></description>
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		<title>NTSB opens hearing on Metrorail automated controls, oversight</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/02/24/ntsb-opens-hearing-on-metrorail-automated-controls-oversight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/02/24/ntsb-opens-hearing-on-metrorail-automated-controls-oversight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Transportation Safety Board opened a three-day hearing into last June's fatal Metrorail crash. ]]></description>
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		<title>Feds issue urgent warning to transit agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/09/24/feds-issue-urgent-warning-to-transit-agencies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/09/24/feds-issue-urgent-warning-to-transit-agencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing concerns about "errant signals," the National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent warning to transit agencies to check their train control systems. ]]></description>
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		<title>Metro trains to run on manual indefinitely</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/08/19/metro-trains-to-run-on-manual-indefinitely/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/08/19/metro-trains-to-run-on-manual-indefinitely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will run all its Metrorail trains manually as a safety precaution.  ]]></description>
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		<title>NTSB: Metro circuit problem began in 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/07/24/ntsb-metro-circuit-problem-began-in-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/07/24/ntsb-metro-circuit-problem-began-in-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The track circuit that apparently contributed to last month's Metrorail crash had been malfunctioning intermittently since December 2007, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. ]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post editorial: &#8220;A Broken Metro&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/07/23/washington-post-editorial-a-broken-metro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetransitwire.com/2009/07/23/washington-post-editorial-a-broken-metro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focusing on the recent reports of additional faulty track circuits, The Washington Post published an editorial expressing concerns about safety on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's rail system.]]></description>
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