Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The five-year contract includes service along the resort corridor of Las Vegas Boulevard as well as the Deuce on the Strip as well as the Strip and Downtown Express routes.

Services are scheduled to begin in December and will include management and operation of 42 vehicles, operating six days a week, as well as running 13 express and shuttle routes all across the Piedmont Triad.

This is the fourth consecutive year that fixed-route ridership increased and the third consecutive year that new ridership records were set.

The new contract goes into effect in November and includes operation of the city’s 130 vehicles in the fixed-route fleet.

A visually impaired Merced County resident wrote about GSG Merced County Transit’s plan to increase Dial-a-Ride fares by 50%, cut rural Dial-a-Ride service, and only allow trips for medical appointments for up to $10 each way for blind and visually impaired riders.

A draft five-year transit program proposes several improvements in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti: more frequent service, extended service on weekdays and weekends and more direct service (limiting the need for transfers) to be provided on major corridors and several local routes. Ann Arbor riders will also be able to access communities beyond the city's borders.

Those who are qualified will be able to ride fixed-route buses without having to pay a fare. The agency’s paratransit ridership grew by 15.8% in the last year.

Over the next three years Veolia will be implementing additional programs that will focus on both safety and customer service.

The new five-year contract began July 1, 2012 and has two one-year options.

Officials have asked the transit authority to extend the college's two current routes into the campus to help students get to where they want to go more quickly.