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Albany’s CDTA BusPlus ridership represents 10% of the more than 15.5 million trips taken on the system during the 2013 fiscal year, and the total boardings represent its highest ridership in more than 20 years.
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Passed a resolution directing staff to implement service reductions, including elimination of Saturday, Sunday, and holiday service and one bus route, on September 29, 2013. The cuts are a result of the loss of Proposition 1 in November.
Read More →Starting next month, bus fares will increase by 25 cents per trip. Fares for commuter, vanpool and Dial-A-Ride services will also increase.
Read More →The FTA awarded the agency a $400,000 grant to conduct a comprehensive analysis of devices that alert people when a bus is turning. With “distracted walking” on the rise as the popularity of smartphones and other electronic devices soars, more agencies are considering adding them to their fleet.
Read More →Congressional budget cuts could take away $68 million in federal grants from King County Metro Transit, which could impact five of its six bus rapid transit lines.
Read More →The university's SafeRide program is adding three additional phone lines for the service and doubling the number of people answering phones. The University Transit System will begin a pilot program Thursday, Oct. 28, to extend late-night bus service to Thursdays through the end of this semester.
Read More →The proposed BRT system will include 150-passenger extended buses for trunk routes and conventional buses (80 to 100 passengers) for feeder routes.
Read More →The service is being looked at to help alleviate traffic in D.C. and Virginia.
Read More →The new 62-foot buses, numbered 3001 to 3017, were placed into service in August, have a capacity of 100 riders and use ultra-low sulfur diesel.
Read More →Agency was awarded a CMAQ grant in 2009-2010 to fund these and eight additional vehicles to be delivered in 2011. The vehicles cost just more than $400,000 each.
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