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Offers extensive transportation system that includes the student-run Unitrans bus service, which serves the campus and adjoining city with 49 natural-gas-powered buses that carry 21,000 riders a day, 42 miles of bike paths and more than 20,000 bicycle parking spaces.
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Smartphone users can access wait and ride times through an app, and the buses feature bike racks, accessibility and Wi-Fi.
Read More →Transportation Services posted signs on its off-campus bus routes saying riders need a student or faculty ID from A&M or Blinn College to use the service primarily as a deterrent. Officials say checking every rider’s ID would slow down entry to the buses.
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Transit agencies’ lost and found departments catalog, store and sometimes track down the owners of items left on buses and railcars.
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Two New Flyer Xcelsior 2012 40-foot transit buses on display were decked out with a bold new fleet design in bright green and blue. Twenty of the new buses will be deployed in coming weeks to replace retiring models.
Read More →In addition to breaking a 40-year passenger record last year, reaching 14.9 million rides, a 9.5% increase, the Madison-based transit system implemented innovative programs, such as a third-party smartphone application and improved fuel efficiency with the use of 19 hybrid buses.
Read More →The CTfastrak Flatbush Avenue Station will include a large center island platform where all CTfastrak shuttle buses will stop, an express lane on the dedicated roadway for buses that bypass this station, a local bus stop on New Park Avenue and a limited number of parking spaces and a convenient drop-off location inside the parking area for riders.
Read More →Those who are qualified will be able to ride fixed-route buses without having to pay a fare. The agency’s paratransit ridership grew by 15.8% in the last year.
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The Smart-Vision Backup Camera System is an advanced driver aide for large buses that includes a camera mounted on the back of the bus, sending images to a monitor installed inside the rear view mirror of the bus.
Read More →The order for 95 Xcelsior XDE40 buses is a conversion of options under the existing contract with the transit system and follows upon the delivery of 152 Xcelsior buses during 2011.
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