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The number of passengers has surpassed TransLink’s projection of one million per day by more than 60 percent. Buses and ferries have been overwhelmed.
The transportation agency faced a 7-percent drop in funds from the county, which would have forced route cancellations, rate hikes and potentially higher local taxes, officials say.
An incident in which a 15-year-old girl was beaten at an underground station while security guards looked on sparked additional training for private security guards.
John J. Haley joins Muni from the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Houston. As the vice president of Infrastructure and Service Development at Metro, Haley implemented new bus rapid transit and commuter rail services.
The municipality of Amsterdam has placed an order with Alstom Transport for 23 metro trainsets, for a total amount of around $272 million. The contract includes an option for additional metro trainsets for the North/South line which is under construction.
Tri-Rail, the commuter rail service connecting Palm Beach and Broward Counties with Miami-Dade County, will be the first transit agency to join in the creation of a South Florida regional system, giving Floridians the ability to use one fare card — a smart card — to travel on both systems. Palm Tran and Broward County Transit are expected to join later.