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Chicago’s Pace to improve Service with New Platforms and Signal Priority

Pace, the suburban Chicago transit provider, is investing in a route on the city's northwest side, looking to speed up buses and attract new riders.

July 25, 2019 - CBS Chicago

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Growing Madison Seeks BRT

Besides addressing mobility needs, activists hope a new transit option will make more of the city accessible for the disabled.

February 4, 2019 - Badger Herald

All Aboard Florida's California Connection

All Aboard Florida, the diesel-powered, high speed (125 mph) train connecting Miami to Orlando has ordered new locomotives and coaches with Siemen's Sacramento, California plant. The mostly privately funded train should be running by 2016.

September 15, 2014 - Orlando Sentinel

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