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In this edition, METRO also covers recent appointments and announcements at the DART, STV, and more, showcasing the individuals helping to shape the future of transportation.
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A report found that 15% of all MBTA employees took at least one day of paid leave during a stretch this winter when the agency was struggling to maintain and restore services disrupted by repeated winter storms.
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The Metro Board authorized the agency to designate up to $10 million annually to be used for implementation of the new Business Interruption Fund pilot program, with individual businesses able to receive up to $50,000 annually.
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The city expects to spend about $17.6 million buying four vehicles for its 2.5-mile downtown streetcar system, which is to begin service in summer 2018.
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Copper wire theft is a crime that has cost Caltrans more than $7 million a year since the metal's worth soared in 2008. In this Caltrans News Flash, Caltrans spokesperson Trisha Coder shows us how the Department is fighting back against these copper crooks.
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They will now have the option of purchasing discounted COTA monthly fares for local routes via pre-tax payroll deduction. After enrolling in payroll deduction, the program will require participating employees to obtain a new BuckID and “swipe it” for unlimited access to local COTA fixed routes, beginning May 1, 2015.
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Working as a team, the three students developed PredictION, a transit modeling and routing application that helps citizens to visualize, analyze, and compare routes and service areas between existing and proposed transit systems.
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The ads will be featured inside specially designed internal displays on Blazer Shuttle Express buses. Blazer Shuttle Express is the transportation system used by students, faculty and staff at Valdosta State University to navigate around the campus.
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Armijo, credited by directors and others with bringing the district out of financial difficulties, creating a budget reserve and improving service, said he went three years with only one pay increase, "and it was delayed for 10 months," according to the report.
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The program's discretionary grants will fund capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure and will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that will have a significant impact on the nation, a region or metropolitan area.
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The Milwaukee County Transit System doesn't have a date set yet for the final phaseout of print passes, but the agency has already cut weekly production from 40,000 passes to 10,000 passes.
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