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A 35-year agency veteran, he has been serving as interim GM since November 2024 and now assumes the permanent role at a time of significant financial and operational challenges for the region’s transit system.
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Looking to voters to decide whether more of a current 1% sales tax should go toward transit or continue diverting part of it for road projects. The agency could use the full tax for projects such as new bus shelters and light rail lines.
Read More →Staff have worked with municipalities to ensure the identified opportunities have considered local businesses and, are in many cases, win-wins for both transit and local retail areas.
Read More →Williams College is paying for the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority’s pilot expansion of weekday bus service. The project includes a pilot texting option that lets riders notify the bus company of their presence at one of the new "On Demand" bus stops.
Read More →By creating a pre-approved network of shared bus stops, SFMTA would be allowed to prevent private carriers from using Muni stops that have high frequencies, as well as those that are simply not long enough to share without creating additional traffic congestion.
Read More →Tom JeBran, president of Trans-Bridge Lines in Bethlehem, Pa., has been named Chairman of the foundation, and John Percy, president/CEO of N.Y.'s Destination Niagara USA, as vice chairman.
Read More →St. Louis-based operator Mid-American Coaches and Tours has taken delivery of four MCI J4500 coaches, and Coral Springs, Fla.-based Classic Bus Lines has taken delivery of two J4500 models.
Read More →Ordered through Grande West's U.S. dealer, Alliance Bus Group.
Read More →The improvements are made possible by VIA’s successful hiring of 107 additional full-time bus operators and accelerated progress on the Better Bus Plan.
Read More →The contract was managed by American Bus & Coach in Trenton, N.J. Goshen Coach in Elkhart, Ind., built the bodies for the buses.
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