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An Unpleasant New Year's Gift from the New York Subway

2008 marked a relatively good year for the New York City Transit. Despite a small fare increase at the beginning of the year, there were some positive changes to the system, like extending the hours on part-time trains and adding additional trains on ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  31 Dec 2008
Related Topics: MTA,  Noggin,  Richard Ravitch

Utah Takes NJ Transit Handydowns

They aren't fancy with their limited legroom and lack of power outlets for laptops, but at least they can still roll. Salt Lake City has decided to put New Jersey Transit's old rail cars on UTA's tracks in response to crowding on some of the city's ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  1 Jul 2008

Bus Rapid Transit Debuts in the Bronx

Sunday, passengers taking the Bx12 Limited bus route in New York's Bronx experienced a different ride than the usual. The buses had changed colors and the stops became "stations." With the use of dedicated lanes, pre-paid boarding, and limited stops, ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  30 Jun 2008
Related Topics: MTA

Please Place Your Bags Through the X-Ray Before Entering the Tube

London Tube and National Rail passengers will see security checkpoints fully intact with x-ray screening machines and sniffer dogs at a "handful" of stations starting this summer. Screening at every London Underground station was ruled out this week ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  27 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Tom Harris,  Flickr

Software Upgrade Ceases Drivers' Boycott of Bendy Buses

State Transit Authority (STA) and the corresponding transit union, after two days of debate, reached an agreement to upgrade the software in each of the Volvo bendy buses. The new programming changes the way the brake blending (when the engine, ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: AB Volvo,  Flickr

Dallas Introduces "Super Light Rail Vehicles"

Dallas Area Rapid Transit needed a way increase the capacity of its light rail trains quickly and cost-effectively. Instead of buying a whole new set of light rail trains, DART decided to stick "inserts" into its current fleet of light rail trains, ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  25 Jun 2008

Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System and Gain Free Rides

Some Dutch researchers hacked into the ticketing system of the London Underground to gain free rides for a day. More than ten million Oyster Cards are in circulation, of which many have registered personal information on them. Transport for London ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  24 Jun 2008

U.K. Looks Into High Speed Rail

For years, Britain has eyed high speed rail for its domestic service, seeing the successes in mainland Europe and Asia. The need for faster, more efficient, and simply more trains has become apparent with ridership expected to jump by 30% in the next ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  23 Jun 2008

Beijing: Ready to Handle Olympics Traffic

We are less than fifty days away from the 2008 Olympics and Beijing, during the last few years, worked constantly on its transportation system to guarantee a traffic-free summer. Now with the completion of one north-south subway, and with two more ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  20 Jun 2008

Dump the Pump!

It's , and scores of transit agencies nationwide are marking the annual occasion with a public awareness campaign aimed at turning people on to mass transit. Hundreds of transit agencies have joined the campaign to educate people about mass transit. ...

From ALEXANDER LEW, Wired,  19 Jun 2008

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