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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2008

METRO Briefs

Maryland transit to face service cuts. Ohio paratransit strives to improve service. L.A. transit coping with AIG near-collapse.

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Newsby StaffOctober 15, 2008

MV begins N.Y. contract

Under the terms of the 10-year, $422 million contract, MV will manage and operate the paratransit services, beginning with 11 vehicles on eight routes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2008

ATU to lift pickets in Brantford, Canada

Good faith gesture is an attempt to end paratransit service strike.

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ArticlesSeptember 23, 2008

Contractors Expound on New Opportunities, Services, Technology

As paratransit market growth continues, contractors make inroads with rail service. METRO sits down with three of the top contractors in the industry to discuss the benefits and the logistics of running contracted services and what the future holds for their businesses.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 8, 2008

Paratransit Providers Tap Technology to Meet Increasing Demand

Software programs figured prominently in this year's survey results as operators across the U.S. moved to accommodate sharp upticks in ridership on shrinking budgets.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2008

RLI Transportation to offer paratransit coverage

Coverage options will target public transit agencies, not-for-profit corporations and for-profit private companies whose vehicles provide assistance to people with varying degrees of specialized transportation needs.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2008

March Networks wins Las Vegas transit contract

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is using March Networks' mobile video surveillance on more than 190 of its buses and paratransit vehicles.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2008

Trapeze awarded Knoxville contract

KAT will use the new technologies to manage approximately 120 buses ranging from paratransit vans, propane-powered neighborhood service vehicles, rubber-tire trolleys, and 30-, 35- and 40-foot buses.

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Newsby StaffAugust 13, 2008

Hattiesburg, Miss. buys 3 paratransit buses

Mayor Johnny DuPree announced that with help from the Federal Transit Authority, the city of Hattiesburg, Miss., purchased three new buses for its paratransit services as well as a new service truck.

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Newsby StaffAugust 4, 2008

MV wins southern California contract

Will operate and maintain commuter and paratransit services.

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