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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Building the Transit Station of the Future:
How to Budget for Better In-Building Wireless
Using a CaaS model to invest in a best-in-class DAS system can
bring agencies a broader range of solutions, allowing them to
make decisions today that get them ready for the future.
MassTransitmag.com/12360812
Advertiser’s Index
ABB Inc. ......................................67
ABC Companies .......................86
AECOM ..................................36, 71
The Aldon Company ................87
Alpina .........................................97
Alstom ........................................33
Altro Transfl or ........................... 16
AMF-Bruns of America .............17
Arboc Specialty Vehicles.........73
Avail Technologies .................. 58
Axis Communications ............. 81
Bae Systems Controls ...............9
Bitimec Int’l .............................. 28
Brasco Int’l ................................ 95
CH2M Hill ...................................35
Champaign Urbana Mass Transit
District .......................................50
CHK America ............................ 95
City of San Luis Obispo............ 16
City of San Luis Obispo............ 16
Complete Coach Works ...........53
Cummins Westport .................. 21
EAO .............................................69
Engie Ineo .................................20
FAAC Inc. ...................................99
First Transit ...............................20
Future Systems, Inc. ................ 92
Genfare ........................................ 11
Greater Cleveland Regional
Transit ......................................... 51
HDR Engineering ...............22, 59
Init Inc. .......................................49
Irwin ........................................... 65
Leitner Poma of America ........79
LTK Engineering Services ....... 29
MAC Products ...........................96
McMahon Associates...............24
Metro Transit ............................48
Mobileye .................................... 39
Motor Coach Industries ...........27
Multi-Contact USA ...................47
National Express Transit ..........13
NEC Display Solutions ............ 83
Noble Pine Products ................24
Nova Bus Corporation ............. 91
ORX .......................................... 100
Peerless AV ..................................2
Penn Machine Company .........77
Penta Corporation................... 30
Prevost .......................................76
Progress Rail Services ............. 63
Q’Straint ..................................... 19
Radio Engineering ......................3
RailPros .....................................90
Railquip .....................................89
Rochester Genesee Regional
Transportation Authority ...... 29
Rock Region Metro ...................22
Rogue Valley ............................. 54
Rosco Inc. ..................................84
Rotary Lift .................................. 61
Roush CleanTech ..................... 36
Route Match Software ............37
Siemens Industry .......................5
Slec, Inc. ...................................... 51
Specialty Vehicles Inc. ............ 82
Sunrise Systems ......................48
Teknoware Oy ........................... 31
Telephonics............................... 56
Tolar Mfg. .................................. 34
Transdev NA .............................. 41
Transit Authority of River City 31
Transit Wireless ........................25
Transportation Learning Center
..................................................... 58
TriMet ......................................... 45
Urban Solar...............................64
Vericom LLC ..............................49
Winsted Corporation .............. 55
WSP......................................... 7, 57
ZF North America .....................43
New Connectivity
for New Yorkers
A 100-year-old
subway gets a Wi-Fi
facelift — but bringing
connectivity to the
1.7 billion annual
riders required a
close collaborative
partnership for a
successful deployment.
MassTransitmag.
com/12360599
Securing Networked
Rail Systems
Safeguarding the rail
network to ensure
reliable operation
and to prevent
malicious information
hacking is essential
for transit systems to
prevent disruption.
MassTransitmag.
com/12361164
Why Geotargeting is
Best for Transit Digital
Signage Networks
With contextual
messages in the right
locations, geotargeting
can deliver strong
results for advertisers
and in turn, the transit
agency’s bottom line.
MassTransitmag.
com/12353544
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Ad Index
8
Editor’s Notebook
Leaders Who Make
Us Hopeful
88
Best Practices
Professional
Development
94
Products
In Focus: Safety
& Security
97
Classifieds
98
Social Hubs
Transit post highlights
from around the web
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