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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

Fla.’s PSTA launches 3 new bus routes

The North County Connectors will offer bus service to many communities that have never had transit service before. Since the routes feature smaller buses that can divert up to three-fourths of a mile off of the regular route, a greater portion of the residents in those communities will be able to take advantage of the service.

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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

Calif. agency sponsors children's play area

Shopping center officials estimate that each week over 2,000 children will play in the newly renovated play area. The play area has nine main features for kids to jump, climb and slide on, including a miniature Montebello Bus Lines bus and bus stop, a hybrid car, a skateboard, a monarch butterfly and a six-foot Pine tree.

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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

CUTA: Canadian ridership up 3.2%

While this growth is impressive, the increased popularity of public transit does not come as a surprise to the association.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2012

CHK wins Calif. contract

Upon completion of a system map and transit brochure, the company will begin the next phase of the customer information design project by developing stop signage for the city’s transit center as well as all 145 of its bus stops.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2012

Report: Bus market to grow 5% annually

Much of the gains will be attributable to Type C school buses, demand for which will skyrocket from 26,000 units in 2011 to 70,000 units in 2016. Growth in demand for motorcoaches, transit buses and all other buses will, in the aggregate, be much more moderate, averaging 3.7% per year through 2016, a pace consistent with longer term trends.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

King County Metro re-ups with Titan for ads

Granted a new five-year contract to Titan for the exclusive right to sell advertising across Seattle-based King County Metro's system. The contract includes a two-year extension.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

N.C. council votes to allow religious, political bus ads

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted in favor of a policy that transit staffers had mistakenly followed for months, which allows the controversial ads on town-owned buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

Northwest Ind. RDA seeks to manage bus authority funds

Regional development authority officials want to oversee the remaining $579,881 in the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority's treasury and use it to advance the regionalization of Northwest Indiana's public transit systems.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

D.C. Metro withdraws plan to end some night bus service

In response to criticism from city officials, the agency will not cut service after 8 p.m. to some neighborhoods in the Southeastern region of Washington, D.C., despite routine attacks that injure riders and drivers and damage the buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2012

PATH to provide transit to U. of Pittsburgh

Will provide pre-paid transit access for approximately 40,000 students, faculty and staff for the next five years.

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