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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2014

Company provides free rides to university students using electric cars

Gotcha Ride makes its money from advertising on the vehicles, student drivers pull in as much as $150 a night from tips and universities like the rides that provide another transportation option on crowded campuses

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2014

Texas universities lax on towing

For fiscal year 2014, UNT towed 84 cars and TWU had 11 cars towed. From September 2013 to the end of August 2014, 579 cars were booted at the UNT campus, while only 25 were booted at TWU, which opts to heavily ticket instead.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2014

D.C. Metro installing real-time bus arrival system

The installation and testing of the four initial signs is being performed in cooperation with Metro's jurisdictional partners and was funded through a federal TIGER grant.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2014

Tyler named VP, sales & marketing, at ASV

In his new role, he will lead corporate sales and marketing, oversee business development and direct execution of the company's strategic growth plan for increasing market share of all brands in ASV’s vehicle manufacturing portfolio throughout North America.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2014

Mich. RTA's chief talks transit agency's website, goals

New CEO of the RTA, Michael Ford says the organization is in the process of creating policies and procedures, and finalizing its vision and mission.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2014

APTA: Ridership up 1.8% in 3rd quarter

The number represents an increase of more than 48 million trips and the highest third quarter ridership since 1974.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2014

Fung Wah bus co. gets fed approval to return to the road

The shutdown of Fung Wah was part of a nationwide crackdown by the FMCSA, which pulled 110 companies off the road for safety violations last year, including fellow Boston-to-New York Chinatown carrier Lucky Star.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2014

Chicago agencies tap Cubic for integrated mobile app, services

The implementation is the first truly regional transit app in the U.S. and the first to integrate proof-of-payment (both visual inspection and 2D bar code scanning) mobile commuter rail ticketing with NFC fare processing for CTA rail and bus operations across both CTA and Pace.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2014

Clean Energy to supply Jacksonville CNG station

The deal, valued at $8.1 million, will also include facility modifications to accommodate the conversion of JTA’s buses from diesel to CNG.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2014

Carsharing services face stricter rules from N.J. lawmakers

Services like Uber and Lyft would have to apply for permits, provide proof of insurance of up to $250,000 per incident and drivers would have to have vehicles inspected and have clean driving and criminal background histories.

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