http://atu.bluestatedigital.com/index.php All the news of interest and importance to members of the Amalgamated Transit Union en stp@atu.org Copyright 2009 2009-07-02T18:11:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/labourstart_news_for_canada_and_the_us_july_2_2009/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/labourstart_news_for_canada_and_the_us_july_2_2009/#When:17:11:00Z CANADA, US: Today's LabourStart News for Canada and the U.S. 2009-07-02T17:11:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/afl_cio_press_clips_july_2_2009/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/afl_cio_press_clips_july_2_2009/#When:17:09:00Z US, NAT'L 2009-07-02T17:09:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/afl_cio_now_blog_july_2_2009/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/afl_cio_now_blog_july_2_2009/#When:16:59:00Z US, NAT'L: Today's AFL-CIO News 2009-07-02T16:59:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/rtd_preps_train_stopping_system_for_colorado_light_rail_trains/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/rtd_preps_train_stopping_system_for_colorado_light_rail_trains/#When:16:55:01Z DENVER, CO: They are in the final stages of testing and approving an automatic train-stopping system that will cause a light-rail train to automatically apply braking and take away propulsion power if an operator goes through a red signal, said Cal Shankster, head of RTD's rail operations department. TD preps train-stopping system for Colorado light-rail trains 2009-07-02T16:55:01-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/portland_lauded_as_transportation_city_of_america/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/portland_lauded_as_transportation_city_of_america/#When:16:43:00Z PORTLAND, OR: US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Oregon Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, and David Wu spoke at the unveiling of the first streetcar built in America in 60 years by United Streetcar, a newly formed subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works. The delegation boarded the streetcar at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing and rode to Portland State University. Doug Beghtel/ The Oregonian 2009-07-02T16:43:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/metro_failed_to_detect_hazard_before_crash/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/metro_failed_to_detect_hazard_before_crash/#When:16:36:00Z WASHINGTON, DC: Five days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, a Metro crew replaced a key piece of equipment designed to prevent crashes, but the circuitry malfunctioned and no one at Metro detected the problem, investigators and transit officials said yesterday. 2009-07-02T16:36:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/consultants_to_hammer_out_details_of_rta_veolia_transit_deal/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/consultants_to_hammer_out_details_of_rta_veolia_transit_deal/#When:16:27:00Z NEW ORLEANS, LA: Industry giant Veolia Transportation will run New Orleans' struggling bus and streetcar system for up to ten years under a contract proposal endorsed Wednesday by the Regional Transit Authority board. 2009-07-02T16:27:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/is_madison_making_the_right_choices_on_transit/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/is_madison_making_the_right_choices_on_transit/#When:16:20:00Z MADISON, WI: The city of Madison currently faces three separate but related decisions on transportation, each with long-ranging consequences. 2009-07-02T16:20:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/milwaukee_county_transit_documentary_set_to_air/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/milwaukee_county_transit_documentary_set_to_air/#When:16:14:00Z MILWAUKEE, WI: Three years in the making, a locally produced documentary focusing on how lacking Milwaukee's public transportation system is compared with other major cities finally will be aired. 2009-07-02T16:14:00-05:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/mbta_testing_trolley_collision_avoidance_system/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/mbta_testing_trolley_collision_avoidance_system/#When:16:01:01Z BOSTON, : The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is preparing to test trolley collision-avoidance technology in the aftermath of two Green Line crashes. 2009-07-02T16:01:01-05:00