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Management•by Staff and News Reports•June 12, 2024

Chicago Hits Average Weekday Ridership of 1M in May

Ridership on bus routes that received additional scheduled service was up 10% on weekdays in May compared to March, while the other bus routes also saw gains of 3%.

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Motorcoach•by News/Media Release•June 12, 2024

American Bus Association Urges Fair Competition For DNC Bus Services

In a letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Peter Pantuso, president and CEO of the ABA, expressed deep concern over efforts to impede private bus operators' fair participation in providing public transportation services for national events, as mandated by federal law.

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Management•by Staff and News Reports•June 11, 2024

Boston MBTA's Board Approves FY25-29 Capital Investment Plan

The FY25-29 MBTA CIP includes over 640 unique capital projects to modernize, expand, and increase the safety and reliability of the MBTA transit network with a programmed spend of $9.6 billion over the next five fiscal years, including $843 million in new funding.

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Pace Adds First Electric Paratransit Vehicle

The vehicle represents a milestone for Pace’s Project Zero plan for the transition to a zero-emissions fleet by 2040.

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Rail•by News/Media Release•June 11, 2024

Caltrain Runs 8 Trains Simultaneously on New Corridor

The milestone marks the final corridor-wide test before the launch of electrified service in September, as well as the last weekend service change for the Electrification project.

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Technology•by Staff•June 11, 2024

Trinity Metro, Via Expand Partnership to Merge On-Demand, Paratransit Services

The refreshed transit program includes broadened and improved on-demand and paratransit services, which will increase transit access for more people in Tarrant County than ever before.

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Motorcoach•by Staff and News Reports•June 11, 2024

VDL Completes Van Hool Acquisition, Strikes Agreement with ABC

The family-owned industrial company headquartered in Eindhoven in The Netherlands is acquiring parts of the bankrupt Van Hool in Belgium, including its production facility in North Macedonia.

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Rail•by Staff and News Reports•June 10, 2024

California's Valley Transportation Breaks Ground on New Light Rail Line

The Eastridge to BART Regional Connector will add 2.4 miles of light rail from the existing Alum Rock Transit Center to the Eastridge Transit Center, with stations at Story Road and the Eastridge Transit Center.

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Rail•by Staff•June 7, 2024

Sound Transit's Lynwood Link Extension Starts Pre-Revenue Testing

The current phase includes training for operators and maintenance staff, and continued testing to ensure stations, tracks, utilities, and vehicles work together as expected in preparation for the start of service.

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Northern Virginia Approves $30M In Projects to Ease Traffic Congestion

The projects will be funded as part of NVTC's I-66 Commuter Choice program, which reinvests toll revenues into projects that demonstrate the ability to move more people through two of Northern Virginia's most traffic-congested corridors.

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