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Newsby StaffJanuary 18, 2013

U. of Houston cuts $1M from shuttle service budget

Will save money by cutting two bus routes and switching providers. The money will be used for repairing streets and parking lots and reducing future permit rates.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2012

UT Survey: Student requests

Late-night and off-campus services appear to be the most popular among the systems surveyed. An increase in bus routes ran a close second. One university just unveiled a trolley service and another is planning a parking app.

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Newsby StaffOctober 19, 2012

Go Transit opens new parking structure

More than 1,000 new parking spaces were added to the Oakville GO Station to provide better access to public transit for the more than 5,500 commuters who use the station each day. The project created 400 jobs.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2012

Report: Public Transportation riders save $9,854 annually

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 26, 2011

U. of Hawaii sees shift toward transit use

A recent transportation survey conducted at the University of Hawaii at Manoa shows that, while most students still drive to campus, with promotion of sustainable modes of access to campus, the number of students who took public transit increased to 17 percent.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2011

U. of Illinois students bringing fewer cars

Reports a nearly 50 percent decrease in the number of students purchasing parking permits in the last four years. Meanwhile, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus ridership has reached record levels.

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Newsby StaffJune 27, 2011

Northern Ariz. U. to charge carless students parking fees

This fall, even students who walk, ride bicycles or are dropped off at the campus will be required to pay a $30-per-semester "transportation fee." The funds will support the campus shuttle system. Ridership has outpaced current parking permit revenues.

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Newsby StaffMay 23, 2011

Georgia university students to pay fee for shuttle system

The $20 parking fee for Kennesaw State University was expected to be approved at a recent Board of Regents meeting; however, final approval was made back in November by the university's Student Fee Committee.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2011

Duke University to reduce parking permits

Currently issues around 27,000 parking permits per year with approximately 1,300 members of the community traveling to campus by riding a bus, sharing a ride or biking.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2011

UNC to hike already steep parking fees

If approved, the student transportation fee would rise from $73.50 to $142 at a rate of about $14 per year, beginning in the 2011-12 school year and continuing until 2015-16, which would help offset an expected $6.1M increase in transportation costs.

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