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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2017

Alstom to supply French automation systems

The contract is part of the SYTRAL’s "Avenir Metro" (Future Metro) program, which aims to increase the transport capacity of lines A, B, and D of the Lyon metro to cope with an estimated 30% increase in ridership in the coming years.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2017

Seattle agency heads talk service disruption procedures during protests

Sound Transit's Peter Rogoff and King County Metro GM Rob Gannon met Monday after rail and bus service to and from the SeaTac/Airport station was interrupted for about 30 minutes Saturday at the request of Port of Seattle law enforcement officials.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Md. MTA agrees to improve paratransit service in settlement

The agency will hire consultants to review the service and adopt quality-assurance measures for program elegibility and processing applications quicker.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

NY MTA board keeps base fare flat for next 2 years

The approved plan increased fares and tolls over the next two years by 4% — or less than 2%, annually, and less than the rate of inflation.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

University fleet donates 2 buses to Ozark Regional Transit

The transit agency has been using borrowed buses after fleet was destroyed in fire.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Woman pushes 5-year-old girl onto NJ Transit tracks

Officers jumped in front of the train to signal it to stop, while the child was removed from the tracks. The woman has been charged with attempted murder.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

TransLink launches new accountability center

Includes a transparency section on its website that allows members of the public access to ridership stats, board meeting minutes, and other statistics among 30 different performance measures.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

New Flyer opens N.Y. component manufacturing and assembly facility

The 40,000 square foot facility will start by manufacturing certain components for up to 10 New Flyer Xcelsior® buses per week, which will then be assembled at New Flyer transit bus production facilities in St Cloud, Minn.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Mass Transit users can save $9,738 annually, says APTA report

The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Laketran GM Jurkowski announces plan to retire

Under his tenure, Laketran passed two local sales tax levies in 2003 and 2013, which safeguarded the future of the agency through the passage of a permanent levy.  

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