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News•by Staff•April 7, 2015

GoMotorcoach unveils new social media program

The social media library has three of the campaigns available for users to cut and paste into their own social media platforms.

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News•by Staff•April 7, 2015

2,627 complaints lodged on Fla.'s HART bus system

The unedited complaints represent only one side of the story and often are fired off by people who are upset. HART says its own GPS and video technology shows many are plain wrong. The agency relies upon the list to target areas of customer service that are in need of improvement.

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News•by Staff•April 7, 2015

'Excessive' MBTA absences led to bad service during storms

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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News•by Staff•April 7, 2015

L.A. Metro pays small businesses impacted by rail projects

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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Videos•by Staff•April 7, 2015

Caltrans Takes Steps to Combat Copper Crooks

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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News•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Why did AC Transit's top exec leave?

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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News•by Staff•April 3, 2015

$500M in TIGER funding available for transportation projects

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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News•by Staff•April 3, 2015

Milwaukee's unique bus passes on way out

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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News•by Staff•April 2, 2015

New Pierce Transit CEO began career as bus driver

Susan Dreier comes to Pierce County after serving as COO at Salem-Keizer Transit, a public transportation system based in Salem, Ore.

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News•by Staff•April 2, 2015

Charter bus driver charged in pedestrian's death

State Police say a man was killed when a charter bus struck him as he tried to cross Route 13 in Accomack County at around 3 a.m. The bus driver reportedly stopped and searched around the immediate area of the bus before leaving the scene.

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