London, Ontario paratransit drivers demand living wage
The employees are upset about the fact they make slightly more than Ontario’s $11.25 minimum wage while the mayor is promoting a living wage of $15.50 per hour.
The employees are upset about the fact they make slightly more than Ontario’s $11.25 minimum wage while the mayor is promoting a living wage of $15.50 per hour.
On July 2, 2016, a passenger bus operated by Billy R. Evans Harvesting failed to stop at an intermittent red light and struck another commercial vehicle that possessed the right-of-way.
The train derailed at an interlocking about 50 feet from the East Falls Church station platform. Approximately 75 passengers were evacuated to the wayside and onto the station platform. The trailing truck of the fourth railcar and the leading truck from the fifth railcar derailed.
The 15.6-mile route will serve customers every 10 minutes between Downtown Columbus and SR-161 during rush hours, with service to Polaris Parkway/Africa Road every 30 minutes.
The new TX45’s delivery was honored at the August International Motorcoach Group meeting in Norfolk, Va.
The partnership will allow customers to gain access to the industry’s most extensive offering of low-floor mobility bus products through the nation’s largest bus dealership featuring a national sales, service and customer support network.
The 30-foot bus was tested for the maximum allowable 12- year durability testing.
The service was created last year to offset the closing of grocery stores, in what is known as “food deserts,” by definition, areas where there are no convenient or accessible grocery stores.
Also expects to have at least 40 railcars leased from other agencies, which should allow it to return to a regular schedule in about two months.
The awards focus on capital projects that generate economic development and improve access to reliable, safe and affordable transportation for communities, both urban and rural.
The approximately 6.5-foot high Transit Elevated Bus straddles the cars below, allowing them to pass through. It is able to carry up to 300 passengers in its 72 ft. long and 25 ft. wide body.
After a two-year pilot program testing five propane autogas paratransit buses, the transit agency purchased 50 more this year, and will purchase an additional 75 by 2018.
The 14,000-square-foot building has free Wi-Fi, public restrooms and real-time bus information. A partnership between IndyGo and the Arts Council of Indianapolis will bring live music and spoken word and performance art to the transit center, as well as at bus stops and on the buses themselves.
The delivery follows 2013 and 2015 orders, bringing Denver RTD’s fleet to include 161 newer MCI Commuter Coaches operating on Denver RTD’s regular-route express service and its new Flatiron Flyer BRT service between Denver and Boulder.
Each of Southern Coaches' 2016 motorcoaches offers a new standard tighter-turning independent front suspension and braking system offering car-like control and excellent stopping distances.
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