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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

Rutgers University unveils transit shelter prototype

The nine-foot by 18-foot individual module designed and installed by De Biasse & Seminara, comprised of four red and two clear panels and one column bundle, is intended to be arranged in various configurations or used solo, depending upon ridership, location and context at each individual stop.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

Rutgers selects First Transit as bus operator

Company will manage 70 employees and the operation of 50 transit buses, which will utilize bio-diesel fuel and Green Roads technology in an effort to reduce emissions and petroleum consumption.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

U. of Wis. students reject bus route referendum

About 300 of the campus' 11,000 students voted no on a proposal to add a bus route linking the university with Janesville, which has a significant college student and elderly population.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

Illinois university shuttle service reduced

Since ridership has declined from 350 rides per day in 2008 to 100 per day in 2010, officials are cutting shuttle stops and creating a bus tracking system to make the service more efficient.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

Web Extra: Ridership bump prompts LSU student driver program revival

With 10 to 20 percent more students using the nighttime Campus Transit van system this year and with the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation at capacity with full-time drivers, it has turned to student drivers to bulk up its staff.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2010

S. Methodist U. students pass pro-transit bill

Of three bills passed with the intention of improving campus transportation, one bill asks for an extension of shuttle service to include weekend hours. Some senators argued that the extension, at an estimated $60,000 per month, will be too expensive.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

Scholarship honoring ex-St. Louis Metro chief announced

Robert Baer is credited with helping lead the successful campaign to pass a half-cent sale-tax increase in St. Louis County last April that enabled Metro to restore service reductions and finance future expansions and new services.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

U. of Georgia students to track transit data

Statistics students will count how many students ride the University and Athens Transit bus systems. As a member of the National Transit Database, the Athens Transit Bus system is required to collect the ridership data.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

Illinois State U. receives new transit, bike shelters

The ten transit and six bicycle shelters have been provided by MSSmedia, an outdoor advertising company that works with universities.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

U. of Va. beefs up SafeRide program in wake of attacks

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.

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