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Newsby StaffJune 11, 2024

Trinity Metro, Via Expand Partnership to Merge On-Demand, Paratransit Services

The refreshed transit program includes broadened and improved on-demand and paratransit services, which will increase transit access for more people in Tarrant County than ever before.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 31, 2024

Broward County Wins Award for Propane Usage

The Propane Education & Research Council, a national non-profit organization that promotes clean energy initiatives, honored BCT with the award for operating an affordable and near-zero emissions paratransit fleet.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMay 23, 2024

New York Looks Expand E-Hail Paratransit Program

Phase 3 of this program will start with the 1,600 customers currently in Phase 2 and increase the per-trip subsidy to $60 per e-hail trip.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 1, 2024

Illinois' RMTD Adds 14 Paratransit Vehicles

In addition, RMTD also launched a project to replace its current paratransit scheduling and dispatching software with a new system.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 29, 2024

AC Transit, BART Tap Spare to Modernize Paratransit Services

The agency's awarded Spare a $4.5 million contract to overhaul the nearly 25-year-old East Bay Paratransit system’s operating platform.

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Articlesby Alex RomanApril 25, 2024

METRO Launches 2024 Innovative Solutions Awards

Applications can be submitted either by the operation or the solutions provider and is open to bus operations, ranging from public transit to motorcoach and paratransit to shuttle services. It is also open to passenger rail operators and their supplier partners.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 16, 2024

New York MTA Unveils First-Ever Electric Paratransit Vehicle

The pilot, which includes 15 Ford electric vans and costs approximately $3 million, will begin making trips throughout the five boroughs today.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 11, 2024

Cincinnati Metro Adds 10 New Paratransit Vehicles

The state-of-the-art vehicles from New England Wheels, which were purchased from Tesco, feature updated technology, including a kneeling suspension system and a new ramping system.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 27, 2024

New York's Paratransit Ridership, On-Time Performance Up in '23

The MTA recently abandoned the industry standard of a 30-minute on time window and adopted the more customer friendly 20 minutes. Even with the smaller window, on-time performance consistently exceeded 90%.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2024

SEPTA, RideCo Launch Revamped Paratransit System

The agency and supplier successfully launched phase one of SEPTA OnDemand within an unprecedented 4.5 month timeframe.

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