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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2013

Delaware Transit picks NJ Transit vet as COO

Richard Paprcka most recently served as NJ Transit's director, maintenance, Northern Division Bus Operations.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

UITP World Congress visits Geneva in May

Launched a sector-wide objective at its 2009 World Congress in Vienna to double the market share of public transport worldwide by 2025.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

Pierce Transit to raise vanpool fares

Board of directors voted to increase fares for all vanpool users by $2 instead of its initial plan to cut 40 vanpools that start and end outside the agency’s service area.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

NJ Transit awards $17M for Sandy recovery

Giving funds to firms that already have open contracts with the agency as part of its superstorm Sandy “Disaster Recovery Program.”

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

MBTA bus driver assaulted by group of teens

Between 15 and 20 teenagers punched a bus operator and tried to pull him from the driver’s side window. Transit Police Superintendent in Chief Joseph O’Connor said that the incident was unusual because assaults on bus drivers usually only involve one or two individuals.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2013

LaHood to APTA Leg. audience: ‘We have more work to do’

Said that the sequester cuts about $100 million from the New Starts program, and the transportation industry needs people at every level of government to come together.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2013

APTA: Public Transportation Ridership Up 7th Year in a Row

Report finds 10.5 billion trips, the second highest ridership since 1957, equals 154 million more trips than the previous year.

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Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2013

Navistar names new President, CEO

Troy Clarke, currently Navistar's president and chief operating officer, will assume the CEO role and will join the company's board on April 15.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2013

Northeast U.S. agencies awarded Sandy relief funds

The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act authorized a total of $10.9 billion, which is now reduced by 5%, or $545 million, because of the mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration that took effect on March 1.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2013

Chicago Transit extends ex-offender hiring program

Will provide valuable job skills and training to ex-offenders, increasing self-sufficiency for hard-to-employ individuals while providing CTA with additional resources to enhance the customer experience with cleaner buses and trains.

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