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ArticlesApril 24, 2013

Tailored services take fans out to the ballpark

L.A. Metro is offering its Dodgers Stadium Express bus service for free to ticket holders, while Minneapolis’ Metro Transit brought fans to Target Field for the third year.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

Off-duty driver hijacks Capital Metro bus, kills self

The man boarded the bus and then forced the driver and the two passengers off it at gunpoint before getting behind the wheel and heading east. He was found dead of a single gunshot wound.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

$474M available for 5th round of TIGER grants

Projects eligible include highways and bridges, public transportation, passenger and freight rail transportation, and marine port infrastructure investments.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

OCTA changes pension plan

Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, administrative employees will contribute an average of 2% of their salaries to their pensions. That contribution will increase each year until employees are paying 100% of their employee share by Jan. 1, 2017. The plan will result in an $8.2 million savings to taxpayers over the three-year period.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

N.Y. MTA reduced GHG emissions by 17.1M metric tons

Each trip on a train or bus prevents the emission of 10 pounds of greenhouse gases, on average, compared with making that trip by car.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

CTTransit to receive hydrogen fuel-cell bus

Based on the SunLine American Fuel-Cell bus configuration, it utilizes an ElDorado National heavy‐duty urban transit bus glider with a Ballard FCvelocity HD6 fuel-cell power module and BAE Systems’ HybriDrive propulsion system.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

La. public transit system CEO steps down

CATS' Brian Marshall had recently been criticized by the board for not providing a business plan for tax revenues generated after passing a 10.6-millage tax last April.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2013

TriMet awards $250K in fare grants to low income riders

Seventeen local nonprofits and community-based organizations received funding to help low-income members of the community within the agency’s service district. TriMet partnered with local nonprofit, Ride Connection, to administer the program.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2013

UT Profile: Georgia Southern U. adds ElDorados to meet growth

The service began in 2005 with five buses running one route and has grown to three routes, serving more than two million rides per year to students. The service has now expanded to 12 buses, running two routes Monday through Friday.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2013

UC Berkeley students extend transit pass program

With the successful passage of the referendum, the new Class Pass program will begin fall 2013 and end spring 2020. Class Pass is the brand name at UC Berkeley of AC Transit’s EasyPass program.

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