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Newsby StaffFebruary 26, 2010

Veolia names COO of transit division

Ken Westbrook will lead the company's transit operations for its bus, paratransit, brokerage and bus rapid transit contracts with transit authorities. This includes 120 locations and contracts in leading cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Seattle, Baltimore, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and others. He will be responsible for the work of over 17,000 employees organized into seven regions.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Daimler taps new regional sales manager

As Southern regional sales manager, Denis Gray will oversee the pre-owned motorcoach sales efforts in the South. Gray brings 20 years of experience in the bus and motorcoach industry with him to the position.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Pierce Transit faces funding crisis

Without a solution to bridge a drastic budget gap, Tacoma, Wash.-based agency may be forced to eliminate bus service to much of the county in 2012.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Chicago transit union files complaint, lawsuit prelude

The move will prolong service cuts on bus routes and train lines as well as the layoffs that put 1,059 transit employees out of work and without health care benefits on Feb. 7.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2010

Vancouver buses, trains win ridership gold during Olympics

TransLink has averaged 1.6 million people a day, which is more than twice the normal daily average of 750,000 and well above the pre-Games forecast of 1.1 million passengers

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2010

<font color=red>Web Extra:</font> HART to launch door-to-door pilot

The HARTFlex program will offer passenger van service in populous areas with regular stops at crucial destinations such as hospitals and shopping centers. The pilot also will connect to regular and express route bus stops and pickup service.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2010

Detroit's SMART to make customer service improvements

As part of its budget analysis and efforts to reduce expenses, SMART will convert its 275 fixed-route buses and 110 paratransit vehicles to biodiesel fuel utilizing funds from its 2010 budget.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2010

Hawaii's Cummins-powered buses reach 1 million miles

The two Cummins-powered buses, which are owned by the City and County of Honolulu and operated by Oahu Transit Services Inc., are the first transit bus applications to be inducted into the club.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2010

San Francisco Muni taps new director of transit

John J. Haley joins Muni from the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Houston. As the vice president of Infrastructure and Service Development at Metro, Haley implemented new bus rapid transit and commuter rail services.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2010

Olympic transit carrying 1.6 million daily

The number of passengers has surpassed TransLink’s projection of one million per day by more than 60 percent. Buses and ferries have been overwhelmed.

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