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Follow AirlineReporter.com — Self Promotion Can Be a Good Thing

Our Twitter page. It is a good thing. Hello AvGeeks, Every once in a while it is good to remind everyone how you can connect with AirlineReporter.com. We know that some of you just want to glance at the site every once in a while to see what is up, but others of you [...]

DE: DART Kicks Off 2013 Resort Transit Bus Service Today

Delaware Transit Corporation CEO Lauren Skiver, along with beach area officials and transportation partners kicked-off the start of the 2013 Resort Transit season May 23 at the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk.

United Airlines Re-Inaugurates 787 Dreamliner Flights

A United Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Photo by Jack Harty / Airchive.com. An excerpt from Jack Harty’s story on Airchive.com: More than one hundred days after the FAA grounded the 787, United Airlines flew their first post-grounding 787 flight from Houston to Chicago on May 20. More than 200 passengers, including executives from both Boeing [...]

Melbourne Metro Rail Project

The Melbourne Metro Rail Project will involve building a nine kilometres long tunnel within Melbourne, connecting the Sunbury and Dandenong railway route.

IL: RTA Seniors and People With Disabilities to Receive Informational Mailing about Transition to Ventra

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) began mailing notices today, notifying its customers about the transition of RTAs reduced fare, ride free and ADA paratransit programs to Ventra.

WTS International Names HDR Employer of the Year

HDR, Inc. has been named the 2013 Employer of the Year by WTS International.

This Summer Vacation Season Brings Seven Percent More Tourists to Cities and Public Transportation than Last Year

70 million plan to Travel Like a Local and use public transit in U.S. cities this summer with Millennials leading the way.

NY: Mark Patterson Named President of L.K. Comstock National Transit, Inc.

RailWorks Corporation announced May 20 that Mark Patterson has been named president of its transit systems subsidiary L.K. Comstock National Transit, Inc.

Mostly Empty Syndrome

If you have been following this blog, you may have detected a theme, I don't like the public wasting money on un-needed infrastructure. Of course no-one endorses "wasting" money, we just disagree what is wasteful and what is an investment....

ON: Purse Taken after Woman's Subway Death

In the crowded chaos of the morning rush hour, a woman died by jumping onto the tracks at the College subway station, leaving her purse behind on the platform. As confusion reigned in the underground, another woman walked over, took it - and left.

US: Anthony Foxx Coasts Through Hearing to Take Wheel at DOT

Anthony Foxx avoided the controversy of other Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday, receiving a mostly warm reception from senators who considered his nomination to become transportation secretary.

FL: Proposed Ferry Service Could Make Dent in Traffic

A nationally regarded water transportation company has stepped forward to operate a high-speed ferry service for the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.

NY: Federal Grant Funds May Improve St. Lawrence County NYSARC Transportation

Recommendations made by the state Department of Transportation for $11.3 million in federal funding could result in the St. Lawrence County chapter of NYSARC receiving $207,837 to ramp up its fleet.

Genesis Energy to expand US rail facilities

Genesis Energy is planning to expand its current rail terminal in Natchez, Mississippi, US, as well as build a new train loading facility, called the Pronghorn Rail Facility, in the Powder River Basin of the Niobrara Shale Play in the US state of Wyo…

Taylor Woodrow wins Croxley rail link phase one contract

Taylor Woodrow, part of Vinci Construction, has won a contract from Hertfordshire County Council in the UK to carry out the design and planning stage of the £118m Croxley Rail Link project.

Bombardier supplies Interflo 150 train system to Sweden's Kiruna mine

Canadian rail technology provider Bombardier Transportation has provided its Interflo 150 train control technology for the newly-expanded Kiruna iron ore mine in northern Sweden, owned by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara (LKAB).

CASA referred to Federal Police by Senate committee

CASA’s actions in withholding from the ATSB  a document relevant to the 2009 crash of a Pel-Air Westwind jet near Norfolk Island has been referred by a Senate committee to the Federal Police. In its inquiry into the handling of the crash by CASA, the safety regulator, and the ATSB, the supposedly independent safety investigator,  [...]

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