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Ontario announces investments to improve GO Transit network

2015-04-22 01:00:00| Railway Technology

Canada's Ontario Government is investing to bring improvements across the GO Transit network, in a bid to increase transit ridership, reduce travel times, manage congestion, connect people to jobs, and improve the economy.

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Judge orders New York transit agency to run pro-Israel ad

2015-04-21 21:57:35| Railroads - Topix.net

A federal judge on Tuesday issued an order requiring New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to display on its buses a controversial ad from a pro-Israel group, which the agency had sought not to run amid concern it could prompt violence. In issuing a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan said the ad from the American Freedom Defense Initiative, referred to by both sides as the "Killing Jews" ad, qualified as protected speech.

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NJ Transit proposes 9 percent fare hike

2015-04-20 21:19:15| Railroads - Topix.net

New Jersey Transit commuters could be paying an average of 9 percent more, starting Oct. 1. NJT is also proposing to end two late-night trains out of Hoboken end in September and make cuts to six bus routes. NJ Transit proposes 9 percent fare hike New Jersey Transit commuters could be paying an average of 9 percent more, starting Oct. 1. NJT is also proposing to end two late-night trains out of Hoboken end in September and make cuts to six bus routes.

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Officials identify woman struck, killed by NJ Transit train

2015-04-18 21:28:03| Railroads - Topix.net

Authorities have released the name of a woman killed when she was struck by a New Jersey Transit train in Monmouth County. But it's still not clear why the woman was on the tracks when the accident occurred Friday night in Long Branch.

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