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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2009

Calif.'s Gold Coast Transit adopts fare increase

In the past year, State Transit Assistance funding was eliminated completely and the Transportation Development Act Funds that local government use to pay for GCT transit service declined sharply.

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Newsby StaffNovember 11, 2009

Exclusive: California Transit Association tackles transit challenges

Conference highlights included updates on state legislative affairs, tips on low-cost marketing, finding new sources of ad revenue, and offering Google Transit.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2009

Report: Calif., Midwest would gain from bus purchases

Would create high-quality manufacturing jobs, especially in states with double-digit unemployment rates, while significantly cutting auto-related global warming pollution.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2009

L.A. Metro board approves 30-year transit plan

County projected to grow by almost three million people over the next 30 years. Plan examines the impacts this growth will have on the mobility of the county, which includes increasing demand on streets, highways, buses and trains, and it recommends what can be done to address those impacts within anticipated revenues.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2009

ABA lauds efforts against rogue operators

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) signed two bills, AB 636 and 951, passed by the California State Assembly, aimed at strengthening the penalties against charter bus companies and drivers who choose to ignore or violate safety and licensing laws.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2009

Calif. Supreme Court: Shifting transit funds illegal

By declining to accept the Schwarzenegger Administration’s petition for review filed by state officials, the high court upheld the ruling of the Third District Court of Appeal that recent funding diversions violated a series of statutory and constitutional amendments enacted by voters via four statewide initiatives dating back to 1990.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2009

Trillium awarded San Diego CNG project

The contract value is estimated to be $5.8 million. Company will supply and install compression equipment for a new fueling facility at North County Transit District 's Oceanside, Calif. facility.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 4, 2009

Amtrak, CCJPA support Calif. Rail Safety Month

Key element of this program is to have local law enforcement officers ride in the locomotive to witness what train engineers observe daily — motorists driving illegally through rail crossings or someone trespassing on the tracks.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2009

California Wine Tours becomes 'Green Business'

Through their many business entities, CWT moves more than 500,000 passengers each year throughout the Bay Area, which equates to taking thousands of individual cars off the road.

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Newsby StaffAugust 31, 2009

MCI delivers J4500 to Calif. operator

This is Shalimar's second J4500. Its 12-coach fleet also includes MCI E4500 and D-Series coaches.

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