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Newsby StaffJune 14, 2024

Balanced MARTA Budget Reaffirms System Improvement, Expansion Commitment

The $1.6 billion budget includes $654.5 million in net operating funds and $909.2 million for capital programming.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 13, 2024

Biz Briefs: Alexander Dennis, Tolar, and Wabtec

The latest agency/supplier news from England, California, and France.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 13, 2024

DART Board Approves Strategic Plan to Guide Future Priorities, Innovation

The comprehensive plan intends to move DART from its current state, “Point A,” to a future where DART becomes a premier regional economic and mobility asset, or “Point B.”

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 12, 2024

King County to Test Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Buses

The plan to add hydrogen fuel-cell buses reflects Metro’s goal to be a sustainability leader and has the potential to benefit riders, reduce local air pollution, and help tackle global climate change.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 12, 2024

Chicago Hits Average Weekday Ridership of 1M in May

Ridership on bus routes that received additional scheduled service was up 10% on weekdays in May compared to March, while the other bus routes also saw gains of 3%.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 12, 2024

American Bus Association Urges Fair Competition For DNC Bus Services

In a letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Peter Pantuso, president and CEO of the ABA, expressed deep concern over efforts to impede private bus operators' fair participation in providing public transportation services for national events, as mandated by federal law.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 11, 2024

Boston MBTA's Board Approves FY25-29 Capital Investment Plan

The FY25-29 MBTA CIP includes over 640 unique capital projects to modernize, expand, and increase the safety and reliability of the MBTA transit network with a programmed spend of $9.6 billion over the next five fiscal years, including $843 million in new funding.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 11, 2024

VDL Completes Van Hool Acquisition, Strikes Agreement with ABC

The family-owned industrial company headquartered in Eindhoven in The Netherlands is acquiring parts of the bankrupt Van Hool in Belgium, including its production facility in North Macedonia.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 7, 2024

Northern Virginia Approves $30M In Projects to Ease Traffic Congestion

The projects will be funded as part of NVTC's I-66 Commuter Choice program, which reinvests toll revenues into projects that demonstrate the ability to move more people through two of Northern Virginia's most traffic-congested corridors.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 6, 2024

New York Gov. Hochul Pauses Congestion Pricing Plan

The Central Business District Tolling Program was mandated by the State in April 2019 and modeled on urban congestion pricing programs around the world to reduce traffic congestion and raise needed revenue to improve public transportation.

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