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  • UK: Three British Men Go on Trial Over Alleged Terror Plot

    Three British Muslim men went on trial in London on Monday, accused of plotting a bombing campaign that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks.

    News • October 22nd, 2012

  • VA: New Northern Virginia High-Speed Rail Segment to Serve Stafford County to Prince William County

    Track opens the door for commuters in the Washington, D.C. Metro area to live in a new waterfront community on the Potomac River

    News • September 19th, 2012

  • NC: PART Scrambles for Provider

    The region's mass transit agency is seeking short- and long-term solutions to keep passengers of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation on the road.

    News • August 31st, 2012

  • China's High-Speed Rail Cautiously Back on Track

    It is one year since the fatal Wenzhou train crash dented China's enthusiasm for high-speed trains. Construction and operation has resumed of high-speed railway networks, but at a slower pace and in a more cautious way.

    News • July 24th, 2012

  • Shanghai: City to Hike Car Expenses to Solve Congestion Woes

    Many city residents complain about the rocketing auction prices for a local private car plate but they now have more reasons to feel pressured. The city government said it's determined to further push up daily traffic costs for private cars and take...

    News • July 24th, 2012

  • MN: Two Light-Rail Copper Thefts Cause $20K Damage

    Whoever stole copper wire from two St. Paul light-rail transit construction sites caused an estimated $20,000 in damage, a Central Corridor LRT spokeswoman said Monday, July 16.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • Israel Approves to Build HSR Linking Tel Aviv with Desert City

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet on Sunday greenlighted plans to construct a high-speed rail line linking Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean coastline to the city of Beersheba in the southern Negev desert.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • NV: Las Vegas Railway Express Inc. Adds New COO, Rail Operations

    The X Train, the luxury passenger train with planned rail service between Southern CA and Las Vegas, announced the appointment of Jim Wilson, chief operations officer - Rail Operations.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • MA: 99-Year Lease Authorized by MBTA for Railroad Right-Of-Ways

    The MBTA board of directors announced that it has authorized a 99-year lease with Newton and the towns of Dover, Medfield and Needham for a portion of an abandoned railroad right-of-way in order to use it as a rail trail.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • ON: Burlington Plans to Move Buses to Busier Routes

    Burlington wants to bring buses to the commuters this fall.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • CA: Cities are Not Footing sbX Bill

    In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • NJ: NJ Transit, NJTPD Step Up Ticked Fraud Crackdown Arrests

    Announcing that more than 200 arrests have been made in the past two years related to counterfeit activity, NJ Transit and NJ Transit Police Department (NJTPD) officials unveiled a series of new measures being undertaken to avert the usage of...

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • Singapore: SMRT Fined S$2M for December Train Disruptions

    The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will impose the maximum fine of S$2 million on transport operator SMRT for the two train disruptions along the North-South Line on December 15 and 17 last year.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • KS: Metro Works to Correct KOMA Policy

    The Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority is taking steps to get its open meetings procedures in order after a decision from the district attorney's office that found the board in technical violation of the state's open meetings act.

    News • July 17th, 2012

  • India: Student Kidnapped, Killed After Train Robbery

    The body of a student from Assam, who complained to the Bihar Police about being robbed on a train, has been found under a pedestrian bridge at a railway station in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, about 250 kilometres east of Patna. His throat had been slit.

    News • July 17th, 2012