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The agency obtained a $53.4M ARRA grant and $5.3 million in California Proposition 1B funding to acquire the Gillig-manufactured hybrid buses. The vehicles enable VTA to replace older buses that have exceeded their useful life span.
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The contract also includes Vehicle Information Management software, which will supply MTS with vehicle status reports, event logs, on-demand video clip retrieval and automated downloads of event video.
Read More →Integrating Big Blue Bus information with the Google Transit database will be especially helpful for riders using more than one transit system to complete a trip.
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With Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s debut of the VTA Commuter Express, customers will enjoy faster and more frequent light rail service with six newly added, peak-hour commute trips throughout San Jose.
Read More →Restrictions would be similar to those in New York. Legislation also would crack down on tour buses that idle too long at the curb.
Read More →Worth $1.4 million, the contract includes the option of equipping an additional 14 light rail vehicles in the future.
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Will serve as the northern terminus for the California High-Speed Rail system and a multi-modal facility that will accommodate 11 transit operators and serve more than 45 million passengers a year. Project is estimated to create more than 48,000 jobs in its first phase of construction, which will last seven years.
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With the additional nine 40-foot buses as well as the 16 60-foot articulated CNG buses recently awarded to NABI, 100 percent of Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus fleet will be powered with alternate fueled propulsion systems.
Read More →Report says that changes to funding, operating costs and cooperation between agencies must be made to save money.
Read More →Bishop Ranch has taken a leadership role in addressing the transit needs of its commuters, which has helped eliminate more than 10,000 cars on the road every day, resulting in almost two million pounds fewer pollutants released into the air.
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