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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

TriMet extends First Transit paratransit contract

The contractor currently operates 268 vehicles for TriMet’s LIFT paratransit services and manages all scheduling and operations of the paratransit call center.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

Calif.'s OCTA awards $19.5M to improve biking, walking

Funding through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program was awarded to 13 projects that promote mobility options by increasing safety, provide regional linkages to key destinations, close bikeway corridor gaps and improve air quality across the county.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

N.C. CATS taps new GM, bus operations

Tangee Mobley will be responsible for managing all aspects of bus operations, including fixed-route service, Special Transportation Service (paratransit), bus maintenance and vanpool.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

Chief tech officer for Google's self-driving car initiative resigns

Other senior engineers who have recently left the autonomous car initiative, include Jiajun Zhu, one of the founding members of the self-driving car team at Google, and Dave Ferguson, computer vision and machine learning lead for the initiative.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

Rutgers makes $5M in parking tickets per year, report finds

On the New Brunswick campus, the school issues about 5.5 tickets per driver on average — a total of about 90,000, according to parking records from the last three years. From June 2014 to June 2015, the school brought in $4,907,220 from parking citations.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

London, Ontario paratransit drivers demand living wage

The employees are upset about the fact they make slightly more than Ontario’s $11.25 minimum wage while the mayor is promoting a living wage of $15.50 per hour.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

Operator involved in Fla. bus crash declared imminent hazard

On July 2, 2016, a passenger bus operated by Billy R. Evans Harvesting failed to stop at an intermittent red light and struck another commercial vehicle that possessed the right-of-way.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

NTSB briefs Congress on limited investigation of WMATA derailment

The train derailed at an interlocking about 50 feet from the East Falls Church station platform. Approximately 75 passengers were evacuated to the wayside and onto the station platform. The trailing truck of the fourth railcar and the leading truck from the fifth railcar derailed.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

Ohio's COTA breaks ground on CMAX BRT line

The 15.6-mile route will serve customers every 10 minutes between Downtown Columbus and SR-161 during rush hours, with service to Polaris Parkway/Africa Road every 30 minutes.

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2016

DATTCO adds 100th Van Hool to its fleet

The new TX45’s delivery was honored at the August International Motorcoach Group meeting in Norfolk, Va.

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