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Busby StaffApril 27, 2009

Montana school offers ‘sneak preview’ of bus service

The new service will shuttle students, faculty and staff between main campus, an outlying college and a park-and-ride lot. Buses will run with a frequency of five to 15 minutes.

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Railby StaffApril 27, 2009

Student president-elect pushes for bus system at Ithaca College

Although he’s optimistic that administration officials will take a hard look at his proposal, Goodwin realizes that the required upfront capital investment will be difficult to justify during an economic downturn.

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Busby StaffApril 27, 2009

Rowdyism threatens University of Oregon’s late-night buses

The late-night bus service quickly grew in popularity. University students frequenting bars along the 79x route began to ride the late-night bus, finding it a convenient mode of travel, especially when they were intoxicated.

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Technologyby StaffApril 27, 2009

Calif. invests $176M in clean transportation

Plan looks to stimulate green transportation projects and encourage innovation to help meet the state's aggressive climate change policies.

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Railby StaffApril 27, 2009

Parsons signs Houston light rail contract

Construction contract, valued at $1.46 billion, is projected to generate approximately 60,000 direct and indirect jobs before the four light rail lines, approximately 20 miles, are completed.

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Busby StaffApril 24, 2009

Community Transit program deters car theft

Vehicle thefts have dropped dramatically: from 82 in 2006, the last year before the bait car program, to just 20 in 2008.

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Busby StaffApril 24, 2009

METRO Briefs

Simonetta to step down. D.C. Metro to spend $1.7M on art. Port Authority to take over WTC project.

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Technologyby StaffApril 24, 2009

EDF, NAFA develop greenhouse gas calculator

Estimates total fleet GHG emissions from fuel consumption data directly used to calculate emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which accounts for about 95 percent of greenhouse gas from vehicles.

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Railby StaffApril 24, 2009

Safety blitz aimed at cutting rail crossing incidents

Events will take place at eight Charlotte, N.C., area railroad crossings over the four-day period of April 27 to 30 and will focus on increasing awareness of highway-rail grade crossing safety.

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