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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

REV Group names Ken Becker as director, national accounts

Will represent REV Group’s commercial, transit and school bus brands and report to John Walsh, VP, sales and marketing, for REV Bus Group.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

Uber launches wheelchair accessible service in D.C., after years of criticism

Instead of owning the wheelchair accessible vans, the ride-hailing app will access the vehicles already in circulation, driven by licensed Washington cab drivers.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

Calif. agency's paratransit employees earn 8% pay increase

The Lake Transit Authority board unanimously approved the pay raise after it heard the findings of a survey that asked what public transportation in similar counties were paying their workers.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2015

Minn. Metro's paratransit services sets one-day record ridership mark

The 8,123 rides on Dec. 3 helped Metro Mobility record its busiest week on record, with an average daily ridership of 7,500.

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Newsby StaffDecember 10, 2015

L.A. Metro focusing efforts on seniors

Agency has expanded accessibility in stations, buses and trains with features like extra elevators, color-coded priority seating, more space for wheelchairs and walkers, tactile paths on platforms and bigger fonts on signage.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Masabi secures $12M funding to expand mobile ticketing solution reach

The JustRide platform is a cloud-based, end-to-end mobile ticketing and fare collection system, in use in cities worldwide.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Digital technology helps vision impaired navigate London subway

The Wayfindr uses beacon technology to guide vision impaired people through and around urban environments using their smartphones.  

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2015

Private co. to provide transportation for BYU-Idaho students

Sam Vargas, owner of Rexburg Connect, told the Standard Journal that the company is planning to start providing transportation services to students at the beginning of the new year.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2015

KU Design students create innovative projects for city transportation

One of the recipients of the MV Transportation Scholarship designed a call station for SafeRide and SafeBus users.  

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2015

Double-decker buses join ASU intercampus shuttle routes

Two doors on each bus will facilitate quicker loading and unloading for the more than 21,000 Sun Devils who ride the shuttles each week.

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