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NewsNovember 24, 2020

Grande West Unveils Vicinity Lightning Electric Bus

The design will allow it to fit into any standard transit garage with no major infrastructural electrical upgrades.

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NewsNovember 20, 2020

Webasto Introduces Lightweight, Compact Air Cleaners with Medical-Grade HEPA-14 Filtration

Until now, HEPA-14 filtration systems have been large and unwieldy, and there were no retrofit units on the market that would universally fit existing ambulances, transit vehicles, school buses, and crewed work trucks.

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Photo GalleriesNovember 16, 2020

Greensboro Transit Launches Veterans Resource Ride With Community Partners

N.C.’s Greensboro Transit Agency partnered with several local, state, and national non-profit and government organizations to outfit one of its transit buses as a mobile resource center for America's Heroes.

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Articlesby Alex RomanNovember 16, 2020

Houston’s METRO Focuses on Providing Greater Safety, Accessibility

The agency has won APTA's award for agencies providing 20 million or more passenger trips annually twice in the last five years.

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NewsNovember 4, 2020

SunLine’s ‘Refueled’ Implementation Plan Charges Ahead

The plan introduces three new services: a commuter service — the 10 Commuter Link; microtransit known as SunRide; and Route 1X the first east-to-west express line.

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NewsNovember 3, 2020

TBARTA Launches New Service for Disadvantaged Residents

The new service, called TD Tampa Bay, will allow qualified riders to schedule on-demand, cross-county trips through the agency’s five county region.

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NewsOctober 28, 2020

KCATA, Alphapointe Rolling Out New Transit App for Visually Impaired

The RideKC Navigator mobile app is a custom platform to help individuals with vision impairment or blindness navigate select transit stops.

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NewsOctober 28, 2020

INIT Expands Contactless Payment to C-TRAN Paratransit Service

The Hop Fastpass is a regional, account-based system shared by TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar, and provides cross-state services within the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.

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ArticlesOctober 16, 2020

Innovative Solutions Awards: Mobility

StarTran teamed with Spare to launch an on-demand microtransit program during the pandemic, while NEORide and Masabi brought mobile ticketing to 15 transit agencies in Ohio and Kentucky.

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NewsOctober 7, 2020

King County Teams with Spare for Microtransit Program

Crossroads Connect will help close the first-, last-mile transportation gap in the underserved service zone by linking passengers to Bellevue’s Rapid B line as well as other King County Metro buses.

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