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News•by Staff•March 17, 2016

CHK America and E Ink debut digital bus stops

The lightweight displays will be readable under all lighting conditions and easy to deploy within existing infrastructure.

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News•by Staff•March 17, 2016

WSP | PB's O'Meara honored by COMTO

A 30-year transportation professional who has worked in both the public and private sectors, Margaret O’Meara, who is based in Boston, is client services leader for WSP | PB's Northeast Region.

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News•by Staff•March 17, 2016

Sacramento RT approves fare hikes

Effective this July, the move is in response to a $2.7 million budget deficit projected for Fiscal Year 2016.

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News•by Staff•March 15, 2016

Uber and Lyft users more likely to use public transit frequently, study says

This is a gateway to a car-lite lifestyle, with users owning fewer cars in a household, researchers say.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2016

Fla.'s SCAT paratransit service set to be privatized

The move lowers operations costs from $39 a passenger to $33, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year. SCAT made 181,000 trips last year and expects to 184,000 this year.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2016

Chicago Transit installs first bus tracker displays across city

Bus tracker LED displays have been added to 51 CTA rail stations.

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News•by Staff•March 9, 2016

A year in, Seattle's low income fare program a success

More than 3.7 million trips were taken with ORCA LIFT cards on Metro buses and Sound Transit Link light rail during the program's first year, with more than 25,000 residents signing up for the program.

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News•by Staff•March 8, 2016

N.Y. MTA to add over 2,000 new buses over the next five years

The New Flyer buses will feature free WiFi, USB charging ports, and digital information screens and begin hitting New York streets next month.

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News•by Staff•March 8, 2016

Transdev to take over operations of TAPS

On Monday, TAPS Board of Directors awarded a multi-million dollar, five-year contract to the international transit management company.

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News•by Staff•March 8, 2016

D.C. Metro chief presents agenda for 'critical change at all levels'

Some of those actions are already underway — including increased police patrols, installing new radio systems and cell phone cabling in tunnels, changes to rail car parts inventory, and the accelerated delivery of 7000-series trains.

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