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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Accenture to equip D.C. Metro with electronic fare payment

Under a $184 million contract, the supplier will replace the agency’s existing fare collection systems. The new system will let riders continue to use SmarTrip cards, while expanding fare payment to chip-enabled credit cards, federal government ID cards, and mobile phones using near field communications.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Supreme to divest shuttle-bus business

Shuttle bus products currently represent less than 12% of the company's consolidated sales and had a materially adverse impact on consolidated earnings in 2013.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Group files suit over guns on Madison Metro buses

Claims transit system policy banning firearms from buses and from bus shelters violates a provision in a 2011 Wisconsin law that allows people to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Group files suit over guns on Madison Metro buses

Claims transit system policy banning firearms from buses and from bus shelters violates a provision in a 2011 Wisconsin law that allows people to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2014

Iowa bus system cuts some travel times in half

The Jule bus service now offers Dubuque riders shortened travel times and more direct routes.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2014

Judge rules in favor of Princeton rail station move

Said university was within its rights to move the Dinky station approximately 500 feet south because it had received the necessary approvals from NJ Transit.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2014

U. of Michigan pilots late-night, off campus bus route

Will run through neighborhoods typically occupied by students. The route, funded by student groups, will supplement U-M’s free on-campus Safe Ride service. The university’s Central Student Government called for the service to help increase student safety off-campus.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2014

Monorail connecting Texas Tech, downtown possible, developer says

Delbert McDougal, whose contract was recently extended by the City Council, has a plan that would increase Tech’s presence in the district and add student housing and accommodations for several thousand people living downtown.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2014

Local circulator, college shuttles fill in Md. transit gaps

Although taxpayers are contributing to both the state, city bus systems, officials say they had to create more routes and reliable service than the MTA was providing.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 3, 2014

Study shaves cost of Ga.'s Kennesaw St. bus system in half

The county’s transportation director said if the Board of Commissioners were to approve the bus plan and the funding fell into place, the system could be operational as early as 2018.

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