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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2017

Reno, Nev. Transit System Expands Services to Deal with Burgeoning Growth

The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County has a host of new BRT projects and has recently launched a mobile fare payment app.

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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2017

Public Transit GM Q&A: What has been the impact of new technology?

We asked top transit officials from around the nation what was the last tech they implemented and what was its impact.  

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2017

Calif. surpasses $500M for zero-emission vehicle investments

The funding is from a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing GHGs, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2017

BYD, AVTA unveil first 60-ft. artic battery-electric bus

The bus, part of AVTA’s award-winning campaign to fully electrify its fleet by 2018, was also built with local labor in BYD’s factory in Lancaster, just miles from the AVTA office. It is the first delivery from AVTA’s order of 13 60-foot BYD buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2017

Lightning Hybrids rebrands to Lightning Systems

Also announced that in the next two years it will introduce a new lineup of fleet efficiency products to support commercial and government fleets.

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NewsMay 4, 2017

Profile: Norm Mineta, Former Secretary of Transportation

The searchlights were going back and forth over his body, scanning the barracks as Norm Mineta slept. It was the middle of 1942, and Norm was ten years old, sleeping on a mattress stuffed with hay...

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Newsby StaffMay 3, 2017

Caltrain electrification funding included in 2017 Federal Budget

The project is ready to start construction, and the final step is approval of the federal grant.

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Newsby StaffMay 3, 2017

Electric and driverless vehicles won’t cut it without shared mobility, report says

Without a concurrent shift away from private vehicle ownership and toward ride sharing, the potential for electric, autonomous vehicles to reduce traffic and sprawl are severely limited.

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ArticlesMay 3, 2017

Q&A: Jarod Varner, Executive Director/CEO at Rock Region METRO

In the summer of 2013, Jarod Varner was named executive director and CEO of Rock Region METRO — the central Arkansas-based public transit system serving three million passengers per year via fixed-route bus service, streetcar, and paratransit service.

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ArticlesCover StoryMay 3, 2017

Denver 'Charges Up' Fleet for Key Downtown Route

RTD introduced an all new low-floor electric shuttle bus fleet for its 16th Street Mall route, which serves 45,000 passengers on an average weekday, making it the agency’s single-busiest bus route.

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