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News•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Canada transit hikes price on senior passes

Cost of Calgary monthly passes will change from $55 to $95 per year. The city council also expanded the number of people who can qualify for low-income transit passes.

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News•by Staff•December 10, 2012

Tenn. paratransit rebrands to draw interest

Kingsport Area Transit Service changed the name of its ADA/Paratransit service to Dial-A-Ride,” and created a new logo.

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News•by Staff•December 10, 2012

CTA route elimination could impact paratransit

Alderman Ameya Pawar vowed to save the route by using surplus funds from a local tax-increment-financing district. The CTA decided to eliminate the route and several others to save $16 million to address overcrowding on popular routes.

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News•by Staff•December 10, 2012

N.M. disabled find fault with paratransit

Santa Fe Ride customers complained to the Santa Fe Transit Advisory Board that the transit program is mismanaged, and forces unreasonable restrictions and rules on its riders. Attendees also asked about training for drivers on working with disabled clients.

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News•by Staff•December 7, 2012

FTA releases $15.5M for tribal transit

Seventy-two American Indian and Alaska Native tribes will receive a share of the funds. In particular, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians will receive $158,999 to purchase a vehicle to launch a new dial-a-ride transit service, and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians will receive $25,000 for a transportation planning study.

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News•by Staff•December 6, 2012

D.C. Metro gets high marks in customer survey

The Voice of the Customer report surveyed rail and bus riders about customer satisfaction, reliability, safety, cleanliness and customer service. 87% of bus and 86% of rail riders rated high satisfaction with security. 79% of bus and rail riders reported a high likelihood to recommend Metro to a friend.

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News•by Staff•December 6, 2012

Fla.’s PSTA launches 3 new bus routes

The North County Connectors will offer bus service to many communities that have never had transit service before. Since the routes feature smaller buses that can divert up to three-fourths of a mile off of the regular route, a greater portion of the residents in those communities will be able to take advantage of the service.

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News•by Staff•November 29, 2012

Ill. rural transit faces deep cuts

CountyLink, Peoria County’s popular rural transit system, will need to make several service reductions, including cutting four of its six full-time routes. Even with the cuts, the system is expected to run out of money in June.

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News•by Staff•November 28, 2012

BREAKING: Bill Shuster to chair House T&I Committee

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was selected by the House Republican Conference to be the next Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) on Tuesday. He succeeds Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL).

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News•by Staff•November 26, 2012

Colo. nonprofit receives paratransit van

Donated by Larimer County to The Lift of Northern Colorado, a nonprofit transportation system for the elderly and disabled, which was formed to fill the void when the county defunded The Larimer Lift.

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