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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2008

METRO Briefs

Free transit included in 2010 Olympics tickets. Salt Lake City mayor: streetcars a priority. Northern Florida considering BRT.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2008

Chicago gathers BRT plan input

A public hearing held to discuss a plan to add rapid buses to Chicago’s city streets brought out concerns about plans for bus-only lanes.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2008

Canada begins $138M BRT project

The City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba have reached a $138-million funding agreement to build a rapid transit system and dedicated bicycle paths linking south Winnipeg to the downtown Winnipeg area.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2008

Minneapolis to promote new BRT line

The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) will wrap four buses on its new BRT line to draw attention to new express service between downtown Rosemount and downtown Minneapolis.

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Newsby StaffAugust 12, 2008

Cleveland BRT system includes hybrid vehicles

The $170 million project is expected to generate $4.3 billion in downtown economic development.

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Transit Dispatchesby Dan ReichardJuly 31, 2008

Stirring up the industry

Paul Weyrich is a widely respected conservative supporter of public transportation, to the extent that companies and suppliers to the transit industry have contributed heavily to his research efforts. Recently, Weyrich commented on what appears to be the Federal Transit Administration favoring bus rapid transit (BRT) over light rail transit.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2008

Chicago looks to Cleveland for BRT

CTA plans to use the GCRTA system as a model for future service.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2008

Utah unveils new BRT system

The Utah Transit Authority’s new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a bus called MAX, begins service Jul. 14

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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2008

Northern Californians to vote on BRT

City council proposing 18-mile bus route.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2008

Iteris wins $2.7M OCTA BRT contract

Iteris Inc. has been selected as part of a multidisciplinary team by OCTA to implement a real-time transit passenger information system and to design an advanced transit signal priority system for three Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Orange County, Calif.

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