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News•by Staff•March 12, 2012

Report: 10.4 billion trips taken on public transit in 2011

With an increase of 2.3% over the 2010 ridership, this was the sixth year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide.

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News•by Staff•March 7, 2012

MARTA selects Apollo video systems for fleet

Will equip transit and rail vehicles with digital video recorders, wireless network equipment and back-end fleet management software. Interior and exterior cameras will be placed throughout recording up to 11 cameras on-board each vehicle.

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News•by Staff•March 6, 2012

Economists: Transportation bill 'not really' creating jobs

The bills would simply shift investment that was creating jobs elsewhere in the economy to transportation industries.

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News•by Staff•March 1, 2012

Starcraft unveils new Allstar XL shuttle bus

The mid-size bus, built on International's UC chassis, is built with the same welded steel frame construction as Starcraft's time-tested Allstar.

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News•by Staff•February 29, 2012

Gas tax hike proposed to fund Chicago transit

Proposed legislation would raised a projected $168 million over five years for the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace.

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News•by Staff•February 28, 2012

MV-1 launches 'Cash for Conversion Clunkers' program

Program begins on March 1, 2012 and ends on May 31, 2012 and will be in effect at all VPG dealerships nationwide.

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News•by Staff•February 28, 2012

Transit research group operating with $3.5M fed grant

The funds, which will be used for research, education and other projects that help improve public transit, are provided by the FTA and distributed through U.S. DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

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News•by Staff•February 24, 2012

REI, Velvac forge partnership

The integration of their products will ultimately improve driver and passenger safety, mitigating risk and providing external vehicle assistance on transit, shuttle and school buses, according to both companies.

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Articles•February 22, 2012

Wheelchair accessible taxis coming to NYC

Terry Moakley is an accessible transportation advocate. He was employed at United Spinal Association in East Elmhurst, N.Y., for 36 years and he continues to serve on its board of directors. Moakley also is past-president of the Association of Travel Instruction, whose members primarily are public transportation travel trainers or mobility specialists. He can be contacted at tmoakley@unitedspinal.org.

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Articles•February 22, 2012

House, Senate advance authorization bills, expose vast chasm

In early February, House T&I Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) and members of the committee held a press conference to unveil its five-year, $260 billion transportation authorization proposal.

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