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11/22/2008
GE Transportation's Northland locomotive repair facility expected to add 120 new jobs (The Kansas City Star)
GE Transportation has opened a locomotive repair and maintenance facility at a Northland industrial park, a city development agency was told Friday. The plant is expected to provide 120 new jobs by the end of the year.
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11/21/2008
Governor Names Deputy As Transportation Secretary (KOAT Albuquerque)
Gov. Bill Richardson names a new state transportation secretary to succeed Rhonda Faught.
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11/21/2008
Gov. names new transportation secretary (KRQE Albuquerque)
SANTA FE (AP) - Gov. Bill Richardson has named a new state transportation secretary to succeed Rhonda Faught. He's Gary Giron, who is currently deputy secretary at the department.
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11/21/2008
Girón to head transportation department (New Mexico Business Weekly)
Gov. Bill Richardson has named Gary Girón as Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Transportation. He is the current deputy secretary and will replace Rhonda Faught, who is retiring at the end of the year.
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11/21/2008
St. Louis transportation hub opens (St. Louis Business Journal)
After 20 years of planning and discussion, St. Louis opened its $26 million transportation hub Friday.
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11/21/2008
Policy points: Financing transportation and the future of mobility in Mass. (Belmont Citizen-Herald)
The following is a transcript of a Nov. 12 forum sponsored by Our Transportation Future, a coalition which supports new revenue streams for transportation investments.
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11/21/2008
Mother expresses angst over school transportation system (Monticello Times)
Worry over the safety of her 10-year-old son prompted one local mother to publicly criticize the district’s transportation plan at a Monticello school board meeting Monday evening.
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11/21/2008
UH football: Public transportation available (Honolulu Advertiser)
Local transportation companies will combine to offer round-trip "air-conditioned" motor coach service to Aloha Stadium for University of Hawai'i football games this season. Saturday's game is against Idaho. Kickoff is 6:05 p.m.
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11/21/2008
W-B councilman says no to transportation center change order (The Citizens' Voice)
— NICHOLAS SOHR WILKES-BARRE — The latest in a long line of change orders slowly driving up the price of the South Washington Street transportation center will have to wait a little longer after Councilman Rick Cronauer questioned on Thursday night a $34,586 bill from one of the contractors working on the project.
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11/21/2008
Bombardier Transportation Wins Frost & Sullivan 2008 Company Of The Year Award In The Global Rail Market (SupplyChainSolutions - SupplyChainMarket)
Bombardier Transportation is the 2008 Company of the Year in the global rail market according to Frost & Sullivan, world leader in growth consulting. Frost and Sullivan presented the award to Bombardier at its annual ceremony in London on November 20
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  • Argonne National Laboratory Transportation Research - Performs research in advanced automotive technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles, emissions reduction, and clean diesel engines.
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  • CALSTART - Information about advanced transportation technology development, particularly in California, including electric, natural gas, and hybrid electric vehicles; intelligent transportation technologies; and clean ferries.
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  • Columbia Plateau Clean Cities Coalition - Provides definitions, descriptions and benefits of a variety of alternative fuels.
  • DOE: Alternative Fuels Data Center - information on alternative fuels and vehicles from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Includes program overview and technological aspects and data.
  • Energy Efficiency for Railways - Project with purpose of evaluating energy efficient technologies, measures and projects for railways. Includes database, event calendar and mission statement.
  • Green Cars Now - Resource on fuel efficient and hybrid cars. Includes news, ratings, data, and driving tips.
  • IndiRail: A clean transportation system - Conceptual proposal for an infrastructure for transportation aimed at the use of renewable energy sources.
  • Liquid Nitrogen Propelled Automobile (LN2000) - Zero-emission automobile propulsion concept developed at the University of Washington, US, that uses liquid nitrogen as the fuel.
  • National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) - Develops curricula and delivers training and educational programs about alternative fuel vehicle technologies and systems.
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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Center for Transportation Analysis - Research and development on transportation energy and environmental issues, national transportation planning and policy, and transportation systems engineering.
  • Research: Georgia Tech Research Institute - The Advanced Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) Laboratory works on electric and hyrogen vehicle projects.
  • US Council for Automotive Research - Umbrella organization of DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors, formed to conduct cooperative, pre-competitive research.
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