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Busby StaffDecember 18, 2012

San Diego MTS to buy Gilligs, New Flyers

Signed contracts for up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. The total value of the contracts, if all options are exercised and future funding is available, is in excess of $343 million, inclusive of sales tax, licenses, fees and delivery.

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Busby StaffDecember 18, 2012

Veolia, Nevada’s RTC celebrate 20 years

Veolia has operated fixed route service under contract to the RTC without interruption since 1992 when the transit system inaugurated new service. Thirty-two employees who started with the company in 1992 are still with Veolia in Las Vegas.

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Busby StaffDecember 18, 2012

San Antonio VIA opens BRT service

The new service features eight stops along a 20-mile corridor that takes riders to the area’s largest employment centers at the newly opened South Texas Medical Center Transit Center and in downtown San Antonio.

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Busby StaffDecember 18, 2012

Cubic, Transport for London partner for fare payment

Passengers traveling by bus in London have the option of paying their fare with their contactless debit, credit or charge card by simply presenting it to one of the card readers on the bus.

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Railby StaffDecember 18, 2012

Calif. agency opens art/transit project

The Construction Authority completed the first ever artist-designed transit bridge in California, on time and on budget; and celebrated this milestone with a ceremony honoring the men and women who designed and built the bridge.

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Busby StaffDecember 17, 2012

Surveillance article raises community concerns

An LTD spokesperson said the agency’s buses have been equipped with audio monitoring devices for about a decade and has had video cameras on buses even longer.

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Busby StaffDecember 17, 2012

Webasto, ESW Group to partner

Will help fleets attain funding for emission and idle reduction equipment.

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Busby StaffDecember 17, 2012

U. of Miss. may get extended bus service

The Oxford-University Transit Commission is looking into extending service from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. on all routes, in response to a survey of University of Mississippi students.

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Railby StaffDecember 17, 2012

Md. MTA submits environmental statement to FTA

A favorable decision by the FTA would permit MTA to begin final engineering on the Red Line and move forward with acquiring property needed for construction.

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Busby StaffDecember 17, 2012

U. of Montana to add clean-burning bus

The university’s transit service has seen its ridership grow from less than 4,000 passengers in 2000 to 450,000 this year.

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