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ArticlesDecember 1, 2008

BusCon launches new products, boasts record turnout

Product launches — such as the Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp.’s new hybrid-electric chassis — drew significant attention from attendees.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2008

METRO Briefs

Canada rail looking to sell videos, music online. Calif. high-speed rail plans uncertain. Paratransit service considered crucial, costly.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2008

Honolulu chooses Innovative Paradigms, FLT for paratransit

Under the terms of the contract, FLT and Innovative Paradigms will work with local stakeholders to develop a plan that brings public transit and social service agencies together to deliver enhanced transportation services.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2008

APTA urges Congress: pass transit funding stimulus

Testifying before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, APTA Chair Dr. Beverly Scott, who is also GM/CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), said that APTA has just completed a new survey that identified more than $8 billion in “ready-to-go” projects from 170 public transit systems that could start within 90 days of federal funding being made available.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2008

METRO Briefs

Maryland transit to face service cuts. Ohio paratransit strives to improve service. L.A. transit coping with AIG near-collapse.

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Newsby StaffOctober 15, 2008

MV begins N.Y. contract

Under the terms of the 10-year, $422 million contract, MV will manage and operate the paratransit services, beginning with 11 vehicles on eight routes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2008

MV wins Microsoft award

This is the second year that MV has won the award.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2008

ATU to lift pickets in Brantford, Canada

Good faith gesture is an attempt to end paratransit service strike.

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ArticlesSeptember 23, 2008

Enhanced Customer Service Key to Improving Transit Systems

Transit operations are using new applications to streamline their customer service systems, resulting in improved productivity and reduced costs. Feedback from customers is also being elicited to help improve transit services.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2008

Canadian study calls for increased Fed investment

The call was supported by the release of an economic study by HDR Decision Economics Inc. that analyzed the optimal supply and demand for urban transit in Canada.

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