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Cheri Soileau previously worked as a senior transit planner for the Denton County Transportation Authority and planned and scheduled bus routes, including nine university shuttles, for the University of North Texas.
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FY 2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program will help transit agencies purchase and support cleaner, greener buses. Recipients include St. Cloud, Minn., which will receive $3.3 million to renovate its Metro Bus Operations Center, and the Transit Authority of River City in Louisville, Ky., which will receive $4.4 million to replace outdated, high-emission trolley cars with zero-emission buses.
Read More →BRT can achieve nearly three times the greenhouse gas emissions reductions than would be possible with rail.
Read More →Equipment delivered under the new $7.45 million contract will allow passengers to pay their fares on the station platforms before the buses arrive instead of onboard.
Read More →The four-year package includes among other items, substantial wage increases for everyone in the bargaining unit for each year of the contract. Wage adjustments are retroactive to Feb. 1, 2011.
Read More →All products will be manufactured in the U.S. to allow for a two-week lead time and ensure that they meet all Buy America requirements.
Read More →The BRT vehicles feature clean hybrid diesel-electric technology and boast a 10% to 15% fuel reduction compared to conventional diesel vehicles. They are lightweight, quiet and have unique theatre-style seating in the articulated joint, with two rear exit doors.
Read More →The CTfastrak Flatbush Avenue Station will include a large center island platform where all CTfastrak shuttle buses will stop, an express lane on the dedicated roadway for buses that bypass this station, a local bus stop on New Park Avenue and a limited number of parking spaces and a convenient drop-off location inside the parking area for riders.
Read More →Undercover officers are now riding selected buses as part of a pilot program focusing on counter-terrorism. The agency launched the program BusSafe last week by conducting a "sweep" of certain bus routes, stops and shelters.
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