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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 14, 2022

NTSB Finds Driver in Fatal Texas Crash Was Not 13-Year-Old Male

In addition to the DNA test results identifying the father as the pickup truck driver, NTSB post-crash toxicological testing revealed the presence of methamphetamine in the pickup truck driver’s blood.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 14, 2022

First Vehicle Services Opens Retail Location

The fleet service center will provide preventive and emergency maintenance for all vehicle types.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 13, 2022

Mineta Report Examines Fare-Free Transit's 'Grand Opportunity'

“Free Transit: It All Depends on How” presents a variety of ideas that show promise in empowering policymakers to combine free transit with other policies to overcome pressing problems in the transportation industry.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 7, 2022

Grant Establishes New Consortium, Climate Change Research Program

From this grant, San José State University’s Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) will receive $4.6 million to help create a multi-university consortium.

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Leveraging AI/ML to Improve Public Transit Equity, Access, and Operational Efficiencies

Public transit has struggled to retain passengers in North America for many years, while in Europe it has proven to be a fundamental public good. This divergence in the role of public shared mobility versus private individualized mobility has reached a tipping point during the COVID pandemic.

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NewsMay 26, 2022

TransLink Data Reveals Bus Ridership Leading the Return to Transit

The Transit Service Performance Review (TSPR) details TransLink’s 2021 ridership and reveals that bus ridership bounced back strongest of all transit modes

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NewsMay 17, 2022

MTI Study Examines How Social Distancing Impacts Fixed-Route Accessbility

The latest Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) research evaluates the accessibility of FRT buses with social distancing.

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NewsMay 9, 2022

HDR to Develop Electric Bus Transition Plans Across Ontario

The modeling will be provided by HDR’s proprietary Zero+ Fleet Optimization Tool, an industry-leading, fuel-neutral tool that is fully customizable to an agency’s needs across multiple transit systems, geographies, climates, and fuel technologies.

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NewsMay 4, 2022

MTI Board of Trustees, Staff Mourn the Loss of Secretary Mineta

Secretary Norman Y. Mineta was a Japanese-American born and raised in San Jose.

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NewsMay 3, 2022

Optibus Launches Timetable Optimization

In initial trials of Timetable Optimization, customers saw an additional 5% reduction in required vehicle count, deadheads, and operational expenses.

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