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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Mayor: Transit key to Chicago's economic edge

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the featured speaker at APTA’s 2013 Annual Meeting Opening General Session on Monday.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Question of the Day- What do you like about your job?

As part of the APTA Annual Meeting, METRO asked top executives what they liked about their job. Here are their answers.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

SPX Genfare features new products at APTA Annual

The company’s latest, Fast Fare-e was developed for rapid and secure electronic payment via bus, bus rapid transit, light rail, paratransit applications and more.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Cubic unveils NextWave at APTA Annual Meeting

The platform will be demonstrated at the APTA Annual Meeting on Monday at Cubic’s booth #804.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2013

APTA names 2013-14 Executive Committee

The new APTA chair is Peter Varga, CEO of the The Rapid in Grand Rapids, Mich. Varga succeeds Flora Castillo, board member, New Jersey Transit Corp, who will serve as immediate past chair.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 25, 2013

APTA: Public transportation ridership hits 2.7B

In the second quarter, some cities saw ridership increases due to economic recovery, including Birmingham, Ala.; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Miami; Denver; Champaign-Urbana, Ill.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Houston; Hampton Roads, Va; and Seattle.

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ArticlesSeptember 24, 2013

2013 Women In Transportation: Virginia Miller

Despite dreams of growing up to be an astronaut, an archeologist, a dancer, and at one time, an Olympic gold medalist for swimming the backstroke, Virginia Miller decided she wanted to be a social studies teacher, with a stretch goal to be a Congresswoman.

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ArticlesSeptember 19, 2013

New Flyer's Soubry Embraces Company's Bold Future

Following the acquisition of Orion Parts and North American Bus Industries as well as the introduction of the new MiDi™ bus, the company’s president/CEO says it is poised to build and maintain its stature in the industry.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 13, 2013

Public transit users save $10,122 annually

Riding public transportation instead of driving can save an individual, on average, more than $844 this month. APTA releases this monthly Transit Savings Report to examine how an individual in a two-person household can save money by taking public transportation and living with one less car.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

APTA, OLI strengthen partnership

A new memorandum of understanding will renew and intensify collaboration on transportation safety and jointly develop new educational materials.

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