Take the train and TRANSform the climate

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute, where we cover the biggest

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headlines in the transit industry.

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If you're looking for a more sustainable way to travel, Google has teamed up with

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Amtrak to show train routes for people booking travel on the search engine.

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Each time travelers choose Amtrak instead of flying, they can reduce

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their carbon footprint by up to 72%.

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This week, the American Public Transportation Association

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hosts its annual APTA Transform Conference in Anaheim, California.

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2,600 public transportation professionals are expected to attend.

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And in Boston, there wasn't a dry eye in the house at the Massachusetts

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Bay Transportation Authority.

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During a touching reunion between a ferry passenger who had collapsed and

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stopped breathing during her commute and the heroes who saved her life.

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Thanks to quick thinking from bystanders and crew members, she's doing fine today.

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And last week they gathered for a heartwarming reunion and to celebrate

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the heroic acts of the group.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo, passionate

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about moving the world's people.

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I'm Julie Gates.