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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2015

Public transit GM Question of the Day: What new change is impacting your agency?

As part of METRO's 2015 APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference Daily coverage, we asked some of the top public transit industry leaders in the nation to tell us about a change they recently made and how it has made an impact at their agency.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

Jacksonville, Fla. extends CEO's contract

Since Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. became CEO in 2012, the organization has solidified its reputation as a leader in the transportation industry. Under Ford’s leadership, the management structure was reorganized and JTA launched major initiatives to take public transportation to the next level.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

N.Y. MTA bans all political advertising

The resolution passed at the MTA’s board meeting Wednesday, prompted indignation from members of the board and the public who accused the agency of blocking New Yorkers’ first amendment rights.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2015

Drunk driver strikes NJ TRANSIT bus

The vehicle drove into the bus around 2 a.m., with the badly injured driver of the car trying to flee on foot before being arrested at a nearby gas station. The driver’s blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, according to the report.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

Americans support gas tax hike, spending revenue on public transit, survey says

One of the proposed federal bills, H.R. 1846, would index the gas tax to inflation and create a bi-partisan, bi-cameral transportation commission that would provide long-term funding of the Highway Trust Fund. Another proposed bill, H.R. 680, would increase the gas tax by five cents per year for three years.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

APTA: Public transit users save $9,394 annually

The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle, which includes the April 27, 2015 average national gas price of $2.54 per gallon, and the national unreserved monthly parking rate numbers.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

Hill International relocates headquarters

The company's new headquarters office contains approximately 60,000 square feet of office space pursuant to a 12-year lease with Brandywine Realty Trust. The new office space was designed by architecture and interior design firm L2Partridge and built by INTECH Construction.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

Report finds BART facing $9.6B hole

Key findings of the report found that nearly two-thirds of BART's railcar fleet will be at least 25 years old by fiscal year 2016-17, with the majority being 40 years old, and the agency faces cash-flow challenges for projects, with its total capital needs projected to cost more than $9.6 billion between fiscal years 2014-15 and 2023-24.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2015

Pa. agency sued for not running atheists ads

Since 2012, the NEPA Freethought Society has tried unsuccessfully to run various ads on COLTS buses. The rejected ads say “atheists” along with the group’s name and/or website.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffApril 30, 2015

Photos: N.Y. MTA Second Avenue Subway - Project Renderings

New York City's Second Avenue Subway will be the first major expansion of the subway system in over 50 years. When fully completed, the line will stretch 8.5 miles along the length of Manhattan's East Side, from 125th Street in Harlem to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. In addition, a track connection to the existing 63rd Street and Broadway Lines will allow a second subway line to provide direct service from East Harlem and the Upper East Side to West Midtown via the Broadway express tracks.

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