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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2010

Trapeze to equip Sun Metro paratransit service

Will provide a Web-enabled, browser-based demand response scheduling and dispatch system that includes an advanced scheduling and run-cutting solution to help automate time consuming tasks and create efficiencies in the major stages of the scheduling process.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2010

City seeks input, hires consultant to address paratransit

Fredericton, New Brunswick's Dial-A-Bus service routinely turns away passengers due to high demand, so city officials have hired a consultant to create a five-year plan.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2010

Colorado city to fill paratransit gap

The service is designed to reach residents who don't qualify for Grand Valley Transit's paratransit service but aren't able to utilize its fixed-route service.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2010

Fla. paratransit service drops Medicaid riders

Pasco County officials say dropping Medicaid trips because of the high cost of the service may improve scheduling for other passengers.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2010

TTA awards First Transit employee

Since 1993, Zamora has been active in the transportation industry. She began management of the BUS in 1998 and currently oversees 84 employees and the operations of 22 fixed-route buses and 11 paratransit buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 20, 2010

Ariz.’s Yuma County may shut down transit system

The Yuma MPO voted to end its transit and paratransit systems effective June 30, due to the loss of revenue sources from state lottery money and federal and local funding.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2010

Propane-fueled van introduced at APTA conference

The 15-passenger van comes in a paratransit configuration and qualifies as a super-ultra-low-emission vehicle (SULEV II), which means, on average, 90 percent cleaner than the average new model-year vehicle.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2010

First Transit wins Reno paratransit contract

First Transit will begin management of the $30.4 million contract on July 1. First Student has provided fixed route service in Reno since 1978.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2010

New paratransit routing software launched

Route Coordinator makes scheduling, recording, reimbursement scheduling and report filing easier to manage, and in less time.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2010

Tallahassee gets first hybrid paratransit bus in Florida

In April, Tallahassee's StarMetro introduced the first hybrid paratransit bus in the state into its fleet. Champion's Hybrid Ride bus can improve fuel economy by 25 to 40 percent, local news outlets report.

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