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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2016

Capital Area Transit partners with Amazon to provide job access

Using data provided by the company, CAT has rerouted four bus lines to serve the largest concentrations of Amazon workers and schedules have been altered to match the company's 12-hour shifts.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2016

Cincinnati Metro CEO receives COMTO leadership award

The Thomas G. Neusom Founders' Leadership Award is the highest honor bestowed by COMTO.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2016

AMF-Bruns' products offers rear-end collision protection

n the 1970’s the company developed the first wheelchair safety system and invented the world’s first 4-point retractor wheelchair anchoring system.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2016

Alexander Dennis names Kardos to regional director, N. America post

John Kardos brings over 25 years’ management and business development experience with OEM rail and bus manufacturers, having worked at Nova Bus (Volvo) and Bombardier Transportation, among other major firms in the market.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2016

FTA rule to improve bus testing, safety, reliability

Existing procedures used by the FTA Bus Testing Facility will largely remain intact, but data generated will be used to apply a new 100-point scoring system to tested buses, making it easier to compare similarly sized bus models from different manufacturers.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2016

Officials have yet to launch Rio's $3 billion subway for Olympics

Despite a massive investment, the new subway ends 8 miles short of the Athletes' Village, so riders heading to Olympic venues will have to take a bus.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2016

MIT, Ford partner for on-demand, electric shuttle project

The project will introduce a fleet of on-demand electric vehicle shuttles that use LiDAR sensors and cameras to measure pedestrian flow, which ultimately helps predict demand for the shuttles.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2016

'Voice of the T' announces retirement

After starting out as an editorial assistant for the T’s general manager in the 1980s, Frank Oglesby, Jr. got his start as the agency’s go-to voice actor when he was picked to narrate MBTA training videos

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2016

KCATA offers free bus rides to paratransit users

Customers must be qualified to ride IndeAccess, Dial-A-Ride or Share-A-Fare. Paratransit users not familiar with riding a bus will be provided training, the report said.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2016

Pierce Transit's security camera upgrade leads to free Wi-Fi for passengers

The new system will allow first responders the ability to log into a bus from anywhere there is cellular coverage.

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