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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2024

Seattle's King County Metro Adding New Bus Services

Starting Sept. 14, King County Metro is expanding evening and weekend transit service and launching its eighth RapidRide — the G Line — which will provide fast and frequent service through downtown Seattle, First Hill, Capitol Hill, the Central District, and Madison Valley.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 1, 2024

METRO Names 2024 Innovative Solutions Award Winners

Now in its 10th year, the Innovative Solutions Awards honors bus and rail operations and their supplier partners who have implemented initiatives that helped them increase safety, improve customer satisfaction, and more.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2024

STV to Plan New Valley Metro Bus Maintenance Facility

The facility addresses the ongoing growth in the Greater Phoenix area, particularly in the West Valley, one of the fastest-expanding regions in Arizona.

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Safety Cornerby Gina Maria BoniniJuly 30, 2024

How Advances in Thermal Management Revolutionize Urban Mobility

In the daily hustle and bustle of city life, transit buses serve as the backbone of urban transportation, allowing millions of city dwellers to get from point A to point B each day reliably.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

San Diego's Zero Emissions Buses Hit 1M Mile Marker

The milestone, 1,021,990 miles, represents 2,130 metric tons of CO2e, or carbon dioxide equivalent, not being emitted into the region’s air.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Equans Delivers CAD/AVL System to Massachusetts Agency

The Equans CAD/AVL system includes ADA-compliant Automated Voice Announcement, relieving bus operators from having to announce it themselves.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Florida's PSTA Wins Excellence in Inclusive Collaboration Award

The APTA award recognizes PSTA for its collaboration with Jones Worley, an African American woman-owned disadvantaged business enterprise, and H.W. Lochner, the prime engineer of record for the project.

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Newsby StaffJuly 29, 2024

Vicinity, Partners Bringing Automated Bus to Michigan

Through a National Park Service Mobility Challenge Program grant, ADASTEC and Vicinity will deploy an automated, electric low-floor, accessible transit bus that will transport passengers along a 4.1-mile route on Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

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Newsby StaffJuly 29, 2024

Amtrak Marks ADA Anniversary with Continued Accessibility Upgrades

Amtrak marked the anniversary of the landmark ADA, signed into law on July 26, 1990, by highlighting the company’s robust accessibility program and integrated approach to improve the travel experience — from trip planning, to purchasing tickets and the experience at stations, to equipment and on-board services.

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Newsby StaffJuly 26, 2024

DART's Pilot Program Tests Next-Gen Bus Shelters

The agency partnered with Tolar Manufacturing to create a shelter based on feedback previously gathered from DART bus riders.

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