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Busby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

GO Transit customers, volunteers raise $32K for Haiti

At five GO stations, customers donated $9834.69 to World Vision volunteers during the morning rush hour on January 22. At Union Station, GO customers donated $22,129.58 to Canadian Red Cross volunteers during morning and afternoon rush hours on January 27 and 28.

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Railby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

D.C. Metro rail ridership drops due to snowfall

Only 36,097 trips were taken yesterday, Wednesday, Feb. 10, when white-out blizzard conditions limited the rail system to underground service only. By comparison, there were 670,643 trips taken the previous Wednesday (Feb. 3).

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Railby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Seattle transit reviews security rules after beating

Authorities are taking a closer look at rules that bar transit guards from getting involved in violent incidents, and instead directs them to call law enforcement.

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Busby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

TriMet to cut $27M from FY11 budget

With the economy still in deep recession, TriMet expects payroll tax receipts to be down $15 million and passenger revenue down $8 million, with other assorted expenses adding up to a $27 million shortfall.

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Busby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Florida Marlins to promote public transit

Players will ride the entire Metrorail line on Feb. 12, stopping at South Miami and Tri-Rail stations. Marlins representatives will distribute free 1-Day Passes on EASY Tickets.

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Busby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Vancouver adds more than 300 Nova buses

BC Transit and TransLink ordered 311 Nova LFS city buses. Of the total, TransLink has taken delivery of 141 hybrid-drive Nova LFS HEV buses.

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Motorcoachby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Daimler delivers Setra S 417 to Atlanta

Seats 56 passengers with Setra’s Nimbus style passenger seating, and includes leather headrest inserts, aisle armrests, autoretracting footrests and seat belts.

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Railby StaffFebruary 10, 2010

CTA to issue bonds for new railcars

Through a competitive RFP process, CTA selected Bombardier Transit Corp. located in Bensalem, Penn. for the contract.

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Busby StaffFebruary 10, 2010

March Networks equips Md.

In tests conducted by the MTA, the 5412 MDVRs consistently downloaded 700 MB of video — the equivalent of one hour of video from 10 cameras on each bus — in less than five minutes.

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Busby StaffFebruary 10, 2010

Houston Metro suspends driver

An operator for 10 years, Reginald Rideout has been involved in three accidents during his employment, two of which were minor, but deemed preventable, according to Houston Metro.

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