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Old Posted Dec 30, 2011, 6:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan View Post
even if the the CMAQ money is evenly distributed over the 3 years, that's still an opening system of ~200 stations, so certainly nothing to sneeze at. whether they only get 200 of them open by this summer, or all 300 they initially wanted, it probably won't make or break the deal overall.
Totally agree. Either way it's impressive.

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Originally Posted by Steely
does NYC have 100% of the funding in place for their 600 station system set to open this summer?
They apparently have a corporate sponsor paying for it, like the deal London has with Barclays. The fact that they haven't announced who it is yet tells us they are probably still working on the contract.
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