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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

FTA, Kansas City celebrate transit improvements

The projects were funded primarily with a $10.5 million 2009 U.S. DOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Roaring Fork taps Trapeze asset management system

Exceeding the FTA's requirements, RFTA can choose to use the State of Good Repair and Capital Planning modules to track all assets, their condition and their capital replacement schedules,

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Nova wins 16-bus order for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority and Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are renewing their fleet.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 25, 2013

DCTA's A-Train exceeds one million passengers

In total, the service has carried 1,006,397 passengers, as of last week, in less than 28 months of operation.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 24, 2013

2013 Women In Transportation: Kristen Joyner

Like many other transit professionals, Kristen Joyner fell into public transportation while looking to change careers. Born in El Dorado, Ark., and growing up in a family of teachers, she taught piano and music classes and majored in voice and piano at Arkansas Tech University. Her goal was a career in music therapy.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2013

Fort Worth's Ruddell to retire in October

During his close to 11-year tenure, he expanded and modernized bus service in Fort Worth and led planning and development for the regional rail line TEX Rail.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2013

Texas transit agencies unveil mobile ticketing app

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Fort Worth Transportation Authority, and Denton County Transportation Authority will make GoPass available starting Sept. 16. In recent years, the three agencies have collaborated to improve payment options for customers by issuing a common regional pass and deploying ticket vending machines that accept credit/debit cards.

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Newsby StaffAugust 29, 2013

Veolia's TriRail contract extended

The contract now extends through June 2017. The SFRTA originally awarded the operations contract for the Tri-Rail system to Veolia in early 2007.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2013

New Flyer taps BAE propulsion for Calif. artics

The development and production of these hybrid propulsion systems will be conducted at BAE Systems’ Endicott, N.Y. facility, with the first delivery scheduled for 2014.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2013

Pa. agency struggles with paratransit takeover

Service difficulties have included phone glitches and extended wait times. The agency has had to set up a new call center to accommodate the increased call volume for the service.

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