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Newsby StaffJanuary 20, 2016

Cutting late-night MBTA service could impact low income, minority riders

Agency is leaning toward cutting the service, which keeps trains and some buses running about 90 minutes later on early weekend mornings at a cost of $14 million per year, as it seeks to plug a budget gap of $242 million next year.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 19, 2016

Chicago Transit could add up to 27 more electric buses

Was cleared to switch an $8.1 million federal grant for 26 hybrid, articulated buses to 27 standard-sized electric buses under a plan approved earlier this month by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 14, 2016

NFTA introduces 3 different CNG model vehicles to fleet

Starting Jan. 12, 2016, Metro will begin operating the first of 44 full-size buses, first of 10 paratransit vans and two MV-1 supervisor vehicles, all powered by CNG. The new buses and vans will replace the oldest diesel vehicles currently in use.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2016

Judge: Ind. agency didn't violate group's rights by denying ad

The lawsuit, filed in September 2014 on behalf of Fort Wayne Women’s Health Link, alleged that Citilink engaged in viewpoint discrimination by denying its request to place ads on its buses.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2016

Chronic New York train, bus thief seeks therapy

Darius McCollum, whose most recent arrest occurred in November after he stole a Greyhound bus from a depot in New Jersey, acknowledged to The Guardian that his obsession with buses and trains has gone too far.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 5, 2016

CCW upfits San Francisco buses with new ramps

The work was done at the CCW North facility in Alameda, Calif., with CCW providing transportation of the buses from SF Muni to Alameda to begin their upfitting.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 5, 2016

IndyGo receives 21st electric bus, completes solar array installation

CCW's Zero Emission Propulsion Systems (ZEPS) were built on 2000 and 2001 model year diesel buses and repowered with lithium-ion batteries that reach up to 130 mile range on a single charge.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2016

Ohio agency to break ground on hydrogen fuel-cell station

The station is part of the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority’s plan to add seven hydrogen fuel-cell buses by the end of 2017.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2015

CCW delivers converted electric bus to Calif. agency

After the ZEPS bus was delivered in late September, GTrans received a California Energy Commission grant to upgrade four more of its hybrid buses to electric.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2015

CCW to deliver 5 ZEPS buses to Md. agency

The first electric bus for TransIT Services  is expected to be delivered in February with the other four following closely behind in the proceeding months.

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