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Busby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

RTC Southern Nevada opens university transit center

The agency also launched a new student transit pass program and the pilot for a contactless fare payment system.

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Railby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

San Diego transit launches mobile ticketing pilot

A mobile ticketing app that lets riders use their smartphones to purchase day passes when riding the Trolley to Chargers and Aztecs football games this season.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

Feds to resume sending funds to Calif. transits

Billions of dollars tabbed for transit projects were being withheld amid a dispute over cuts to public employee pension benefits.

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Busby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

Rural Colo. BRT line opens

Roaring Fork Transportation Authority’s VelociRFTA is the first rural BRT line in the nation.

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Busby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

San Antonio VIA BRT service wins award

The Institute of Transportation Engineers recognized VIA Metropolitan Transit’s VIA Primo service with its Transportation Achievement award. VIA Primo, which began operations in December 2012, is the San Antonio region’s first bus rapid transit line.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

FTA announces $13.6M in fuel-cell bus grants

Eight projects were selected to receive a share of FY2012 funds through the National Fuel Cell Bus Program, which has provided nearly $90 million since 2006 to speed the development of fuel-cell technology

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Busby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

U.S. DOT releases $474M for TIGER 2013 projects

Fifty-two transportation projects in 37 states will receive the funds. Applications for this most recent round of grants totaled more than $9 billion, far exceeding the $474 million set aside for the program.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

Cubic wins $1.5M Calif. smart card contract

Will provide preventative and corrective maintenance for the ticketing machines, platform validators and ticket office terminals for Oceanside, Calif.'s North County Transit District.

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Railby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

APTA, OLI strengthen partnership

A new memorandum of understanding will renew and intensify collaboration on transportation safety and jointly develop new educational materials.

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Railby StaffSeptember 4, 2013

MBTA debuts hip-hop inspired safety video

The video, which features MBTA staff and riders singing and dancing along to a hip-hop inspired song, "The Safety Bounce," was financed by Titan, the advertising firm that contracts with the transit agency.

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