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Fed-Funded Program Preps New Orleans Workers For Streetcar Expansion

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.05.2013 | Business
Read More: NCCER, Federal Transit Administration, Loyola Streetcar Line, Retirement, Safety, Workforce Development, Skilled Jobs, Delgado Community College, Job1, Worker Certification, Job Training, Veolia Transportation, Jefferson Business & Career Solutions Center, Education, Louisiana Workforce Commission, Unemployment, College, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, Workers Compensation, Buses, Rampart St., Auto Mechanics, Business News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the May 6, 2013 edition.) This spring, thirteen Crescent City residents completed a year of ...

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New Orleans Launches Its Loyola Streetcar, With Another Leg Awaited

Susan Buchanan | Posted 03.28.2013 | Green
Read More: Ninth Ward, St. Claude Ave., Ride New Orleans, Tiger Grants, Veolia Transportation, Super Bowl Xlvii, New Orleans City Hall, Tourism, Parking, U.S. Dept. Of Transportation, Transit Shelters, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, St. Charles Streetcar, Canal St., New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, New Orleans City Council Member Kristin Palmer, Public Transit, Buses, Mardi Gras, Commuters, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Spacious, solar-lit shelters on the new Loyola Ave. streetcar line, opening on Jan. 28, will accommodate Super Bowl fans in New Orleans. But elsewhere, commuters huddle under less protection.

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Surprise! Nassau Bus Deal Was Rotten

Ted Hesson | Posted 02.12.2012 | New York
Read More: Veolia, Ed Mangano, Nassau Bus Privitization, Nassau County Buses, Nassau Buses, Nassau Bus Deal, Veolia Transportation, New York News
Ted Hesson

At a hearing at the Nassau County Legislature last Monday, hundreds of Nassau residents vehemently voiced their opposition to the privatization of county bus service.

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Post-Katrina Rebuilding Includes Wider, Greener Transit Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Federal Transit Administration, Electricity, Baton Rouge, U.S. Dept. Of Transportation, Ferries, Railroads, Amtrak, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Buses, Lake Pontchartrain, Norfolk Southern, Veolia Transportation, Streetcars, Green News
Susan Buchanan

New Orleans business and community leaders have argued that an intercity rail line would benefit the region economically and culturally, and would be another way for New Orleans residents to head north when hurricanes approach.

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Confronting Metrolink Executives About The 2008 Crash

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Metrolink Crash, Metrolink Train Crash, Connex Railroad, Metrolink, Veolia Transportation, Rep. Elton Gallegly, Los Angeles News

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Victims of a Southern California commuter train crash that killed 25 people and injured more than 100 others on Monday con...

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