“Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide” is a toolkit of practical and innovative measures to help Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO’s), regional planners, transit agencies, and local government elected officials, staff, land use planners, and transit planners integrate transit planning with local land use planni
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Santasieri, C. L., Vroom, S. C., Hughey, R., Bay, P., & Dunphy, R. (2014). Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 5: Local Planning and Transit-Supportive Development (Report No. FTA Report No. 0057). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503595
Santasieri, Colette L., Sean C. Vroom, Robert Hughey, Paul Bay, and Robert Dunphy. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 5: Local Planning and Transit-Supportive Development. Report no. FTA Report No. 0057. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503595.
Santasieri, Colette L., et al. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 5: Local Planning and Transit-Supportive Development. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0057, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503595.
“Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide” is a toolkit of practical and innovative measures to help Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO’s), regional planners, transit agencies, and local government elected officials, staff, land use planners, and transit planners integrate transit planning with local land use planni
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Santasieri, C. L., Vroom, S. C., Hughey, R., Bay, P., & Dunphy, R. (2014). Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Executive Summary (Report No. FTA Report No. 0052). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503590
Santasieri, Colette L., Sean C. Vroom, Robert Hughey, Paul Bay, and Robert Dunphy. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Executive Summary. Report no. FTA Report No. 0052. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503590.
Santasieri, Colette L., et al. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Executive Summary. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0052, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503590.
“Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide” is a toolkit of practical and innovative measures to help Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO’s), regional planners, transit agencies, and local government elected officials, staff, land use planners, and transit planners integrate transit planning with local land use planni
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Santasieri, C. L., Vroom, S. C., Hughey, R., Bay, P., & Dunphy, R. (2014). Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 2: General Transit-Supportive Development Planning Topics (Report No. FTA Report No. 0054). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503592
Santasieri, Colette L., Sean C. Vroom, Robert Hughey, Paul Bay, and Robert Dunphy. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 2: General Transit-Supportive Development Planning Topics. Report no. FTA Report No. 0054. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503592.
Santasieri, Colette L., et al. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 2: General Transit-Supportive Development Planning Topics. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0054, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503592.
“Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide” is a toolkit of practical and innovative measures to help Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO’s), regional planners, transit agencies, and local government elected officials, staff, land use planners, and transit planners integrate transit planning with local land use planni
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Santasieri, C. L., Vroom, S. C., Hughey, R., Bay, P., & Dunphy, R. (2014). Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 3: Regional Vision Planning and Transit-Supportive Development (Report No. FTA Report No. 0055). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503593
Santasieri, Colette L., Sean C. Vroom, Robert Hughey, Paul Bay, and Robert Dunphy. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 3: Regional Vision Planning and Transit-Supportive Development. Report no. FTA Report No. 0055. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503593.
Santasieri, Colette L., et al. Planning for Transit-Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide—Section 3: Regional Vision Planning and Transit-Supportive Development. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0055, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503593.
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After decades of decline, public transportation ridership grew 36 percent from 1995 through 2008, almost three times the growth rate of the U.S. population (14%) and substantially more than the growth for vehicle miles of travel on our nation’s streets and highways (21%). This report analyzes the trends in transit regions and transit-oriented devel
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Center for Transit-Oriented Development (U.S.), Reconnecting America, & Strategic Economics (2014). Trends in Transit-Oriented Development 2000–2010 (Report No. FTA Report No. 0050). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Planning and Environment. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503588
Center for Transit-Oriented Development (U.S.), Reconnecting America, and Strategic Economics. Trends in Transit-Oriented Development 2000–2010. Report no. FTA Report No. 0050. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Planning and Environment, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503588.
Center for Transit-Oriented Development (U.S.), et al. Trends in Transit-Oriented Development 2000–2010. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Planning and Environment, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0050, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503588.
A project team consisting of the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (PARTA), Geauga County Transit, Trapeze Group, and Kotting Consulting assembled a proposal to design a model system of human service transportation coordination using Intelligent Transportation Systems Technology (ITS). This project was one of eight demonstration grant
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Smith, B. D. (2014). Kent, Ohio, Traveler Management Coordination Center (TMCC) Project, Final Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0063). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503476
Smith, Bryan D.. Kent, Ohio, Traveler Management Coordination Center (TMCC) Project, Final Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0063. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503476.
Smith, Bryan D. Kent, Ohio, Traveler Management Coordination Center (TMCC) Project, Final Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0063, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503476.
Since the 1990s, there has been growing interest in shared use of general railway system railroad rights-of-way and tracks by transit vehicles (such as light rail vehicles) that do not fully comply with Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations that govern the existing freight and commuter rail services on the system. This has prompted seve
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Light, L. E., McEvoy, S., & Kanarek, J. (2014). Rail Transit Signal and Control Systems Study, Final Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0062). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503596
Light, Lawrence E., Stephen McEvoy, and Jack Kanarek. Rail Transit Signal and Control Systems Study, Final Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0062. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503596.
Light, Lawrence E., et al. Rail Transit Signal and Control Systems Study, Final Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Systems Planning, 2014, Report no. FTA Report No. 0062, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503596.
The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the impacts of climate change on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) infrastructure and to develop and implement adaptation strategies against those impacts. Climate change hazards considered are sea-level rise, downpours, and flooding. The study focuses on four specific types o
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Feng, T. (2013). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot (Report No. FTA Report No. 0074). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503607
Feng, Tian. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot. Report no. FTA Report No. 0074. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503607.
Feng, Tian San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0074, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503607.
The 2012 Statistical Summaries provides information about the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) major financial aid programs for Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. The report covers the following programs: Urbanized Area Formula, Non-urbanized Area Formula, Rural Transit Assistance Program, Special Needs for Elderly Individuals and Individuals wit
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Randolph, S. (2013). 2012 Statistical Summaries – FTA Grant Assistance Programs (Report No. FTA Report No. 0059). United States. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503538
Randolph, Shapell. 2012 Statistical Summaries – FTA Grant Assistance Programs. Report no. FTA Report No. 0059. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503538.
Randolph, Shapell 2012 Statistical Summaries – FTA Grant Assistance Programs. United States. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0059, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503538.
Section 20021(b) of the Moving Ahead for Progress for the 21st Century (MAP-21) legislation requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report of the results of a “Bus Safety Study” to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. T
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Staes, L., Begley, J., & Perk, V. (2013). Bus Safety Study: A Report to Congress (Report No. FTA Report No. 0051). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503589
Staes, Lisa, Justin Begley, and Victoria Perk. Bus Safety Study: A Report to Congress. Report no. FTA Report No. 0051. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503589.
Staes, Lisa, et al. Bus Safety Study: A Report to Congress. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0051, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503589.
This study examines the retrofit of Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) on two North American transit properties, namely New York City Transit (NYCT) and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), with the objective of assessing the benefits realized and implementation challenges experienced. The study validates broader i
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Rumsey, A., Colangelo, L., Astell, N., & Ghaly, N. (2013). An Assessment of the Business Case for Communications-Based Train Control (Report No. FTA Report No. 0045). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503582
Rumsey, Alan, Lori Colangelo, Nigel Astell, and Nabil Ghaly. An Assessment of the Business Case for Communications-Based Train Control. Report no. FTA Report No. 0045. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503582.
Rumsey, Alan, et al. An Assessment of the Business Case for Communications-Based Train Control. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0045, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503582.
This project had two main objectives. The first was to improve the safety of transit workers, specifically right-of-way safety for rail transit workers through demonstration of advanced track inspection techniques that limit the inspector’s exposure to rail right-of-way by visually inspecting the condition of the tracks from a safe location. The se
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Cabrera, A., & Vargas, M. (2013). Automated Track Video Inspection Pilot Project (Report No. FTA Report No. 0049). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503587
Cabrera, Antonio and Marcelo Vargas. Automated Track Video Inspection Pilot Project. Report no. FTA Report No. 0049. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503587.
Cabrera, Antonio, and Marcelo Vargas Automated Track Video Inspection Pilot Project. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0049, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503587.
This report surveys the state-of-practice of transit railcar maintenance management and fleet management practices. It emphasizes a lifecycle management approach to fleet management. It also emphasizes the role of performance improvement programs and introduces Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance as key examples of per
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Blake, T., Isaac, L., & Rose, D. (2013). Managing Railcar Maintenance: A Primer on Practices and Improvement Opportunities for the U.S. Transit Industry (Report No. FTA Report No. 0043). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503580
Blake, Tagan, Lauren Isaac, and David Rose. Managing Railcar Maintenance: A Primer on Practices and Improvement Opportunities for the U.S. Transit Industry. Report no. FTA Report No. 0043. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503580.
Blake, Tagan, et al. Managing Railcar Maintenance: A Primer on Practices and Improvement Opportunities for the U.S. Transit Industry. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0043, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503580.
The Climate Risk Reduction Project assessed how climate change may affect Sound Transit commuter rail, light rail, and express bus services. The project identified potential climate change impacts on agency operations, assets, and long-term planning; options for strengthening the agency's resilience to these impacts; and opportunities for integrati
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Binder, L. W., Tohver, I., Snover, A., & Shatzkin, A. (2013). Sound Transit Climate Risk Reduction Project (Report No. FTA Report No. 0075). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503608
Binder, Lara Whitely, Ingrid Tohver, Amy Snover, and Amy Shatzkin. Sound Transit Climate Risk Reduction Project. Report no. FTA Report No. 0075. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503608.
Binder, Lara Whitely, et al. Sound Transit Climate Risk Reduction Project. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0075, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503608.
This final report for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot describes the actions taken, information gathered, analyses performed, and lessons learned throughout the pilot project. This report describes the activities conducted for a vulnerability and risk assessment for the Southeastern Pennsyl
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Choate, A., Groth, P., Snow, C., Johanson, E., Phung, T., & Casola, J. (2013). A Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of SEPTA's Regional Rail: A Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot (Report No. FTA Report No. 0071). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Budget and Policy. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503604
Choate, Anne, Philip Groth, Cassandra Snow, Erik Johanson, Thuy Phung, and Joe Casola. A Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of SEPTA's Regional Rail: A Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot. Report no. FTA Report No. 0071. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Budget and Policy, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503604.
Choate, Anne, et al. A Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of SEPTA's Regional Rail: A Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment Pilot. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Budget and Policy, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0071, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503604.
CTA was selected as one of seven pilots funded by FTA to advance the state of practice for adapting transit systems to the impacts of climate change. This effort is in keeping with broader long-term goals to address state-of-good-repair needs and to enhance transit safety. The CTA pilot develops quantitative and qualitative tools that can be used b
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Chicago Transit Authority, & TranSystems Corporation (2013). An Integrated Approach to Climate Adaptation at the Chicago Transit Authority (Report No. FTA Report No. 0070). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503603
Chicago Transit Authority and TranSystems Corporation. An Integrated Approach to Climate Adaptation at the Chicago Transit Authority. Report no. FTA Report No. 0070. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503603.
Chicago Transit Authority, et al. An Integrated Approach to Climate Adaptation at the Chicago Transit Authority. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0070, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503603.
Public transit agencies play an important role in the provision of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation for the communities they serve. With the growing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes Irene and Sandy, several public transportation agencies have begun to adapt their systems to make them more resili
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Amekudzi, A., Crane, M., Springstead, D., Rose, D., & Batac, T. (2013). Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment/Asset Management Pilot for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Report No. FTA Report No. 0076). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503609
Amekudzi, Adjo, Matthew Crane, David Springstead, David Rose, and Tiffany Batac. Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment/Asset Management Pilot for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Report no. FTA Report No. 0076. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503609.
Amekudzi, Adjo, et al. Transit Climate Change Adaptation Assessment/Asset Management Pilot for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0076, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503609.
The evaluation, selection, and implementation of fuel and powertrain technology choices are critically important to accomplishing the mission of providing safe, efficient, reliable, environmentally-conscious, and cost-effective public transportation. Vehicle procurement decisions evolve to be a difficult compromise between economic, environmental,
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Wayne, W. S. (2013). Transit Vehicle Emissions Program, Final Report (Report No. FTA Report No. 0048). United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503543
Wayne, W. Scott. Transit Vehicle Emissions Program, Final Report. Report no. FTA Report No. 0048. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503543.
Wayne, W. Scott Transit Vehicle Emissions Program, Final Report. United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0048, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503543.
Climate change-related issues place substantial operating and financial burdens on public transit agencies, particularly in coastal settings. Gulf of Mexico coastal transit agencies and their constituents are especially vulnerable to natural hazards resulting from extreme heat, flooding, and high winds. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has
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Brooks, J., Stevens, R., Sandidge, S. M., Cherrington, L., Blessing, R., Stiles, A., & Brody, S. (2013). Gulf Coast Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Study (Report No. FTA Report No. 0072). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503605
Brooks, Jonathan, Roma Stevens, Stuart Matthew Sandidge, Linda Cherrington, Russell Blessing, Alexandra Stiles, and Samuel Brody. Gulf Coast Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Study. Report no. FTA Report No. 0072. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503605.
Brooks, Jonathan, et al. Gulf Coast Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Study. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0072, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503605.
This Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project Report details the project background of the recently-completed Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Transit Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project as well as the various work elements, the results and findings, and Metro's next steps in fulfilling its ongoing commitment to c
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Liban, C. B., Egge, M., & Markovitz, C. (2013). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project (Report No. FTA Report No. 0073). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503606
Liban, Cris B., Matthew Egge, and Carley Markovitz. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project. Report no. FTA Report No. 0073. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503606.
Liban, Cris B., et al. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration, 2013, Report no. FTA Report No. 0073, ROSA P. https://doi.org/10.21949/1503606.
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