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The funding, provided through the Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program, will create and retain an estimated 18,000 jobs and improve traveler safety. Includes $253 million for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), $157 million for Metra, and $32 million for PACE.
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First Transit will assume responsibility for Medicaid and paratransit call center contracts.
Read More →The university is partnering with the city of Starkville to revive and upgrade a transit system that last operated five years ago. A transportation committee is applying for a Mississippi Department of Transportation public transit grant by March 2012.
Read More →Peter Aube will be responsible for driving sales activities within the northeast coast of the U.S., while Eric Fritz will be representing Seon’s transit sales division in the southeastern states.
Read More →Mass-transit ridership was estimated using NTD data, which differentiates between different modes of travel.
Read More →The binding decision calls for contributions from the members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 to their health and benefit plans, work rule and holiday changes, and will help the district reduce its protected deficit by approximately $38 million over the term of the contract.
Read More →The funding comes from the TIGER grant program created in 2009 to fund projects that are of regional economic importance and that help create and save jobs.
Read More →As ridership is decreasing nationwide, many agencies are concentrating on developing a multimodal approach to better tie in first, last-mile options with bus services serving as the backbone.
Read More →The first of the sleek-looking Xcelsior model coaches will begin operation June 16 along one of the region’s most heavily traveled corridors, International Boulevard in Oakland.
Read More →For a second straight year, METRO highlights some of the various ways in which consultants provide support and expertise to a wide range of transit-related projects.
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