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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2014

UC San Diego to start construction on largest transit center on campus

The center itself will have two new shelters each for Superloop and campus loop shuttles, and will also feature bus turnout areas to allow traffic flow while passengers are loading, larger waiting areas and several other open-space improvements, according to the report.

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Newsby StaffMay 27, 2014

Seattle's Sound Transit 2014 ridership up

It was the busiest first three months of the year in Sound Transit history. Link light rail ridership grew 15%, with 2.3 million first quarter boardings and an average of almost 30,000 on weekdays.

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Newsby StaffMay 26, 2014

New Mexico St. to begin offering paratransit service

Aggie Paratransit will begin serving qualified main campus students with disabilities as a supplement to the existing fixed-route Aggie Transit service available on campus beginning in the fall 2014 semester.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2014

Ballard, partners to deploy fuel-cell bus at UC Irvine

Signed an agreement with CALSTART to deploy the vehicle in 2015 with partners BAE Systems, ElDorado National and the university.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2014

New U. of Mich. transportation building approved

The new center, planned for North Campus, will allow UM to buy bigger buses to transport more students during peak hours. UM’s current garage is too small to accommodate the larger buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2014

Wash. school bus drivers concerned about college 'party buses'

Talked to The Spokesman-Review about problems with the college charters and what they see as a company management culture that allows inexperienced drivers to get away with serious mistakes.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2014

U. Wash. pushes carpooling, ridesharing to cope with bus cuts

72 King County Metro bus routes are on the verge of elimination, while 84 other routes are expected to have their services reduced.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2014

U. of Arkansas sees second bus crash this year

On-board video allegedly shows that on May 6 a UA Transit bus driver ran a red light and hit another vehicle, injuring the two people in the vehicle. In February, a seven-year-old boy was struck by a UA bus and suffered critical injuries.

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ArticlesMay 16, 2014

'Connected' Vehicle Testing Aims to Bolster Bus Safety

The U.S. Department of Transportation is testing nearly 3,000 vehicles, including transit buses, equipped with wireless communication devices that transmit a safety message indicating their position, speed and other data.

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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2014

Sound Transit to pay university $43M to move labs, offices

When the Northgate Link Extension opens in 2021, the UW campus will be served by two Sound Transit light rail stations with trains running north to Northgate and south to SeaTac airport.

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