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Newsby StaffOctober 3, 2013

Ballard signs $11 million Chinese fuel-cell bus deal

FCvelocity-HD7 will be the next-generation of Ballard’s fuel-cell power module, designed specifically for integration into bus applications.

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Newsby StaffOctober 3, 2013

N.Y. MTA exec tapped to lead Santa Clara VTA

Nuria Fernandez, who spent the past two years as COO for New York's MTA, will succeed Michael Burns, who is retiring at the end of the year.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

2013 APTA Award Profile: GO Transit focuses on customer needs

GO Transit launched the innovative “Service Guarantee” program in May 2012, which offers customers refunds if their train is more than 15 minutes late, except when the delays are caused by extreme weather, police investigations, accidents and medical emergencies.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

2013 APTA Award Profile: Public support fuels The Rapid's growth

The Rapid is currently focusing on work-related trips by adding more frequent service during commuter hours and more routes running into the evening to provide access to second- and third-shift jobs.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

2013 APTA individual award winners

Several industry vets honored at this year's APTA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Arizona’s NAIPTA Honored for New Route, Cost Efficiency

Ninety-five percent of NAIPTA’s fleet is comprised of hybrid-electric buses, supplied by Gillig.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Question of the Day- What is one other transit agency/operator you admire?

As part of the APTA Annual Meeting, METRO asked top executives what is another transit agency/operator they admire. Here are their answers.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

FTA, Kansas City celebrate transit improvements

The projects were funded primarily with a $10.5 million 2009 U.S. DOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

APTA Report: 70% of millennials go multimodal

The study shows that while car-sharing, bike-sharing, walking and car ownership will all play a part in the multi-modal network, public transportation is ranked highest as the best mode to connect to all other modes, according to 54% of millennials polled.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Experts talk financing projects via P3s at APTA

“If you’ve seen one public-private partnership (P3), you’ve seen one public-private partnership,” was a recurring theme in the “Financing New Projects in the U.S.” session.

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