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Restoring parity between transit tax benefits and parking tax benefits will eliminate the federal tax incentive to drive over taking public transportation, said President/CEO Michael Melaniphy in a statement.
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Veterans interested in pursuing a public transportation career now have the ability to search for jobs on the Transit Virtual Career Network, which was launched last month at www.vcn.org/transit.
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Effective at the end of the year, will depart his Federal Railroad Administrator post and join the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
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The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle, which includes the Oct. 23, 2014 average national gas price and the national unreserved monthly parking rate numbers.
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Diesel technology is being utilized by transit buses at a faster pace than other large vehicle sectors, according to the director of policy for the Diesel Technology Forum Ezra Finkin.
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Adding to his long list of accomplishments at Denver RTD, Washington has been named the new chair of APTA, ceremoniously taking the gavel from outgoing chair Peter Varga at EXPO on Monday. METRO spoke to Washington about his success at RTD and his new role as chair.
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New report on second quarter of 2014 shows a 1.1% increase over the same quarter last year, representing an increase of 30 million more trips. Public transportation ridership outpaced urban vehicle miles traveled, which grew at 0.97% for this quarter.
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MATA will be overhauling training and repair standards as well as trolleys in the wake of an APTA report that found agency lacking in both areas.
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