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Busby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Mass. agency extends Veolia contract

The contract, which went into effect on July 1, 2012, is for one year with four one-year options.

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Railby StaffAugust 2, 2012

More D.C. Metro riders biking to stations

The agency’s most recent bicycle parking census shows that bike parking usage in 2012 is up 3% from last year and the availability of bicycle parking near Metrorail stations has increased to more than 4,000 spaces.

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Technologyby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Clean Energy releases natural gas customer list

List includes trucking companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations that have signed new or expanded existing agreements with the company.

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Busby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Study: Commuters go to great lengths to avoid sitting by strangers

The greatest unspoken rule of bus travel is that if other seats are available you shouldn’t sit next to someone else. As the passengers in the study claimed, “It makes you look weird."

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Busby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Prisoners transported unsupervised on public transit

While a majority of the inmates are being transferred to halfway houses and are close to their release date, a smaller percentage are transferred on good faith to minimum security facilities.

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Busby StaffAugust 1, 2012

Atlanta transportation referendum defeated

Supporters of the sales tax knew it was a tough sell, but told PBA-30 they were shocked by the margin of defeat, which with seven out of 10 counties reporting, was 63% to 37%.

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Railby StaffAugust 1, 2012

DART opens Orange Line light rail

The $1.3 billion project has stops at the University of Dallas, the Las Colinas Urban Center and the Irving Convention Center.

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Railby StaffAugust 1, 2012

DHS continues testing MBTA subway airflow

Involves releasing non-toxic, inert, odorless gas and particle tracers into the subway system and nearby locations. Particle and gas concentrations will be sampled in more than 20 stations covering the entirety of the underground portion of the MBTA subway system as well as numerous locations in Boston and Cambridge.

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Motorcoachby StaffAugust 1, 2012

ABC acquires TMC Group

The new operating company will be known as Ameritrans Bus Inc. ABC anticipates investing additional capital in the business to increase production and capacity.

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Busby StaffAugust 1, 2012

BC Transit opens new transit center

Operation had outgrown its former facility, which included four service bays and was designed for 30-foot buses. The new transit center is equipped with seven service bays and is able to accommodate today's conventional fleet of 40-foot buses.

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