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News•by Staff•May 1, 2012

National online dialogue on veterans transportation to debut

The forum will provide U.S. veterans, service members, their families, and community service providers the opportunity to share ideas and solutions that will help to ensure the nation's transportation networks work for everyone.

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News•by Staff•April 26, 2012

Paratransit riders disrupt Boston House

The protesters were escorted out of the public gallery of the Massachusetts Statehouse while chanting "the riders united will never be defeated" and "they say cut back, we say fight back."

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News•by Staff•April 24, 2012

PTM/Veolia's Sun Tran, Sun Van contract extended

The two-year contract, which goes into effect May 17, 2012, also includes operation of the Downtown Loop circulator service, development of a seamless regional fare system, and management of the Special Services Office that sells fare products and evaluates applicants for the city’s Economy Fare Program.

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News•by Staff•April 24, 2012

Bus tire casing defect leads to Michelin recall

Company is voluntarily recalling 77,775 Michelin XZU2, XZU3 and XM505 bus tires due to casings that may experience a loss of integrity and rapid air loss.

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News•by Staff•April 23, 2012

Cap Metro recommends fixed-route, paratransit providers

Agency taps McDonald Transit for fixed-route, MV for paratransit. The board is scheduled to vote this week on both contracts.

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Articles•April 18, 2012

Enhancing independence through transit travel training

The ability to live a self-sufficient life is important to everyone, and the ability to travel between home and destinations of choice is an integral part of self-sufficient living. Some people with disabilities use paratransit services to get where they need to go while others use fixed-route systems.

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News•by Staff•April 18, 2012

Clever Devices acquires GreyHawk

Currently, the company has thousands of mobile data computer systems in operation, most of which are installed in paratransit fleets.

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News•by Staff•April 18, 2012

House passes transportation extension, bill advancing pipeline

The Senate rejected an effort to include the project in its two-year $109-billion transportation bill, while Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) found it difficult to garner support for his original five-year $260 billion package that called for the advancement of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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News•by Staff•April 17, 2012

Repair backlog jeopardizes transit service demand

Decades of deferred repairs and modernization projects have many transit agencies scrambling to keep trains and buses in operation.

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News•by Staff•April 16, 2012

MV awarded Spokane paratransit contract

Under the terms of the new five-year agreement, the company will partner with Spokane Transit Authority to cover overflow paratransit service and supplement the agency’s base service.

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