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Calls for fares and service levels to remain steady for 2013 and for Pace to add new service in some areas during the year.
Read More →Includes space to service and maintain nearly 100 buses and other transit vehicles in the agency’s fleet, and a new dispatch center with upgraded computer scheduling and GPS technology to better monitor and track vehicles.
Read More →The agreement helps lower overtime costs by allowing the CTA to more efficiently run three consecutive work shifts at regular time, instead of overtime. The new work rules also lower the number of required workers on the afternoon shift, which includes the afternoon rush hour and is typically the least-efficient shift.
Read More →The job was advertised Friday and a construction contract will be awarded this fall for the replacement of all the original cables that lift the two, 330-foot-long main spans of the Harlem River Lift Bridge, located about 4.5 miles north of Grand Central.
Read More →In some suburbs, such as Littleton, the light rail has revived retail and increased sales-tax revenue by 70%. However, places like Aurora have experienced little to no change since the arrival of light rail.
Read More →Citing mainly personal reasons and the great opportunity, VIA President/CEO Keith Parker said he will leave San Antonio to become GM of the Altanta-based agency, starting there by early December.
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The transit authority unveils the mock-up of the 7000-series at an event in Maryland. The new cars represent the largest investment ever made in the fleet in the system's history.
Read More →When its ambitious plan is completed, the Anchorage-based company will have more than 50 Prevosts in its stable of 75 motorcoaches and support vehicles.
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YRT/Viva is the first transit agency in Canada to offer real-time trip planning on Google with up-to-the-minute next bus departure information.
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Vehicles are powered by a Detroit DD13 engine, driving through an Allison B500 automatic transmission, and feature Electronic Stability Control, Iteris lane departure warning systems and Alcoa Dura Bright aluminum wheels.
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