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Newsby StaffAugust 24, 2015

Ariz.'s Sun Tran labor strike hits historic mark

Management is working with a federal mediator to schedule a meeting with the union, while only eight routes are operating and the agency offered no weekend service.The strike began August 6, which makes it the longest strike in recent history.

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Newsby StaffAugust 24, 2015

Lane Transit to interview 3 finalists vying for GM post

Ron Kilcoyne, whose last day is Sept. 30, announced his retirement after four years at the helm of LTD, stepping away from a 30-plus-year career in public transportation.

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Newsby StaffAugust 21, 2015

Calif. transit agencies say fed grants blocked over pension reform law

The agencies thought they had won a federal court victory late last year, when a judge ruled that the state law did not violate a federal prohibition against interfering with public employees' collective bargaining rights, but the Labor Department is still enforcing the rule.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2015

AC Transit appoints new GM

Hursh, a nine-year veteran of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), has served as that agency’s Chief Operating Officer since 2012 and prior to that as deputy director, operations for maintenance and security.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2015

Clever Devices acquires software maker RSM Services Corp.

RSM currently provides its Ridecheck Plus software to more than forty transit agencies throughout North America. The system processes data from automatic passenger counters to provide agencies the information they need for reporting as well as making sound business decisions.

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Newsby StaffAugust 20, 2015

SEPTA GM Casey announces retirement

Joseph M. Casey, who has led the Authority since 2008, has been with SEPTA for a total of 34 years of distinguished service in a number of roles, including serving as the CFO and Treasurer.

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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2015

MBTA, Keolis announce service improvement plan

Areas of focus include on-time performance (OTP), staffing, operations, equipment maintenance, customer service, fare collection, and winter weather resiliency plans.

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Newsby StaffAugust 18, 2015

Toronto Transit set to test talking buses

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requires transit agencies in the province to equip their buses, by 2017, with electronic systems that externally announce route, direction, destination or next major stop information as a pre-boarding announcement to riders waiting at stops.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2015

S. Texas college, Valley Metro partnership expands bus routes

The JagExpress connects all five of the college’s campuses, provides free Wi-Fi and is free to students, faculty and staff with a valid identification.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2015

Chapel Hill Transit differs from university service in summer months

N.C. State University's Wolfline bus system — a solely university-based line — sees a much more drastic decrease in ridership over the summer from about 7,000 hours of service per month during the school year and only 2,000 hours of service per month during the summer.

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