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ArticlesJanuary 8, 2013

Transit agencies: Big Brother is not watching

Each of the Central Ohio Transit Authority’s 305 buses is equipped with video and audio surveillance, which can be used clarify incidents reported by drivers or customers.

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ProductsJanuary 8, 2013

Mobile video camera

The Buddy BX1500 by tt-i is a simple-to-operate plug and play in-vehicle mobile video camera for paratransit buses that encourages safe driving.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2013

Coach Canada threatens student bus service

Asked the Ontario Highway Transport Board to order the Queen’s University student-run “Kingston Rocket” to stop operating. Also wants the board to cancel the operating license of the company hired to provide buses and drivers for the service and for the students to pay full costs.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2012

Web Extra: New York City’s transit system bears up under historic storm

For the men and women who run the MTA’s vast network of subways and buses, Superstorm Sandy was a trial, not by fire, but by wind and water.

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Newsby StaffDecember 27, 2012

N.J. bus service receives 4 NABI vehicles

Salem County Community Bus Service received four new 2012 NABI transit buses from NJ Transit. The buses each accommodate 43 passengers and 19 standees.

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Newsby StaffDecember 27, 2012

SF MTA begins renewable fuel pilot for maintenance vehicles

Trucks, such as the ones used to maintain underground tunnels, will join the agency's 600 buses and other vehicles that already fuel with blended biodiesel.

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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2012

RouteMatch equipping La. agency

Serving a population of more than 200,000, the Shreveport Area Transit System operates 20 paratransit vehicles, as well as 49 fixed-route buses covering 16 routes a day.

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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2012

Canadian city puts 90-day hold on fare hike for disabled

The city’s fare policy change will require people with mobility devices and the visually impaired, who have a card from the Canadian National Institute of the Blind, to pay full fare on city transit buses. Right now, cardholders can ride them for free.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2012

San Diego MTS to buy Gilligs, New Flyers

Signed contracts for up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. The total value of the contracts, if all options are exercised and future funding is available, is in excess of $343 million, inclusive of sales tax, licenses, fees and delivery.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2012

Surveillance article raises community concerns

An LTD spokesperson said the agency’s buses have been equipped with audio monitoring devices for about a decade and has had video cameras on buses even longer.

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