The Cascade Gateway Project will provide border-crossing wait time and travel condition information to drivers and freight carriers, using sensors to provide pre-trip and en-route wait times on crossing the border to reduce congestion.
The three-year agreement includes operation, maintenance and management of a fleet of 37 transit buses for fixed-route and paratransit services.
The Coach USA order includes 27 J4500s and 13 D4505s that will be used for operations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and five J4500s for its Coach Canada operations.
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The number of visitors to the CTA Bus Tracker Website has steadily increased; since Nov. 1, the site has logged an average of approximately 20,000 visits per weekday.
Growth had not been predicted, due to service cuts and a 25-cent fare increase implemented last year.
When complete, the project will include nine stations, 3,035 park-and-ride spaces, and 28 transit vehicles.
The upgrade of the bus system is part of Princeton’s Sustainability Plan and is expected to help reduce by 10 percent the number of students, faculty and staff commuting to campus by car by 2020.