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UAW says ‘strike is working,’ as GM concessions prevent added walkouts

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Friday was the first deadline in two weeks in which the UAW didn’t order additional workers to walk out of facilities operated by the automakers after the union threatened to target a GM plant in Arlington, Texas that builds the Cadillac Escalade. The UAW held a rally in Chicago on Saturday, which you can watch via YouTube below.

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APTA: public transportation ridership up 5% in first quarter 2012

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Bus systems in the following cities showed the top ten increases: Saint Louis, MO (15.6%); Dallas, TX (11.9%); Arlington Heights, IL (11.1%); Boston, MA (10.6%); Oakland, CA (10.5%); Ft. Overall, heavy rail ridership increased by 5.5% nationwide. Large bus systems reported an increase of 4.6 percent nationally. and Cleveland, OH (7.8%).

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Solar Panel Installations at DTC facilities: Retrofits Delaware Transit Corporation facilities with solar panels, which will generate cost savings through fossil fuel energy reductions. as well as administrative and dispatch services.

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Summer Update

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Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition. Keene, N.H.,

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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We would figure out things like: Do we need more lines between Denver and Chicago?” A plaque commemorating the ARPANET now stands in front of the Arlington, Va., Kahn stayed at Bell Labs for about nine months; to his surprise, a graduate fellowship came through that he decided to accept.

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