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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

FTA releases $32M for Mich. bus rapid transit

The new Silver Line will be operated by Interurban Transit Partnership, known as The Rapid. The 9.6-mile route will serve major employers, including St. Mary’s Medical campus, the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and the Cook-DeVos School of Nursing, which together employ about 29,000 area residents.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

Report: Transportation, housing costs outpacing incomes

Findings from the study by the Center for Housing Policy and the Center for Neighborhood Technology show that the combined costs of housing and transportation in the nation’s largest 25 metro areas have swelled by 44% since 2000 while incomes have failed to keep pace.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

TTC sets 12-month ridership record

From Oct. 3, 2011 to Oct. 2, 2012, the TTC carried just over 510 million riders. By the end of this year, the agency expects to have carried 514 million riders, with a projected ridership of 528 million in 2013.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

Report: Chicago transit over-reported bus mileage

Cause of Action, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, claims the Chicago Transit Authority may have inflated by up to $150 million the federal funding it received since 1982 by "fraudulently over-reporting" the number of miles buses travel while in service.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

Calif.’s SamTrans falls behind on real-time info

Unlike many other San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies, the agency hasn't made the information available on 511, the regional transit information service. Software issues have delayed a real-time bus information system for years.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

NY MTA officials visit Bombardier plant

The visit highlighted the significant economic benefit that the MTA brings to upstate New York through its Capital Program. Bombardier has built more than 2,000 subway and commuter railcars for the MTA in Plattsburgh since it opened its railcar plant in 1995.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

Md. MTA awards 3rd-party MARC contract

Bombardier Transportation submitted a winning bid valued at approximately $204.6 million over the five-year, eight-month contract term. The contract also includes a five-year renewal option, valued at $205 million.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

L.A. Metro sets September ridership record

Officials point to the roiling fluctuations of gas prices as a major influence on public transportation ridership.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

Ann Arbor FY2012 ridership soars

Providing more than 6.3 million rides and generated the highest annual ridership total since the transportation agency introduced local fixed-route service in 1979.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2012

MCI moving Orlando center to larger site

Also announced that Lee Kemp is joining its Public Sector Team as business development manager, Southern Region.

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