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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 3, 2025

Biz Briefs: ELERTS, Nova Bus, and More

Biz Briefs covers the latest supplier news in the motorcoach and public transit industries.

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Newsby StaffJune 13, 2025

MARTA Approves NextGen Bus Network Redesign

The transformative initiative, which MARTA officials say will launch in late 2025, aims to deliver a smarter, faster, and more equitable transit experience across the Atlanta region.

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Transit Dispatchesby Frank White IIIDecember 17, 2024

Public Transit: An Economic Powerhouse on Wheels

In cities across the U.S., when people see a bus go by, they can sometimes just blend into everyday life. What they miss seeing is that public transit is an incredibly powerful driver of economic prosperity and community transformation.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2024

Micro Bird to Open Facility in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

The company confirmed the purchase of the Nova Bus facility, where it plans to build both electric and non-electric versions of its current bus products.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2024

Chicago Program to Provide Financial Assistance to Residents Seeking Training, Careers

The Red Line Extension Project’s Barrier Reduction Fund will provide funding to eligible individuals in the project area who are pursuing training and careers, even if they ultimately wind up working for employers and projects beyond CTA.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 6, 2024

Feds Award $7.8M in Grants to Help Connect People to Health Care, Critical Services

The grants support organizations that coordinate public transportation for underserved groups, allowing them to access healthcare, community services, education, and jobs by building partnerships among health, transportation, and human services providers.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 5, 2024

Chicago to Begin Advance Construction on Red Line

The RLE project is a 5.6-mile extension of the Red Line starting at 95th Street Terminal to the vicinity of 130th Street and includes building four new, accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue, and 130th Street.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 30, 2023

CTA, CDOT Releases 'Better Streets for Buses Plan'

The plan supports key transportation goals of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, including improving bus reliability and coordination of infrastructure investments to improve transit.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 17, 2023

TransLink Announces 3 BRT Corridors for Metro Vancouver

The corridors were selected based on ridership potential, increasing access to jobs, future housing, and development growth projections, and more.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 3, 2023

L.A. Metro Releases Measure M 5-Year Assessment, Equity Report

The 189-page report provides an overview of the first five years of Measure M funding (July 2017 to June 2022), and a fresh approach to assessing sales tax revenue through an equity framework that focuses on people first and the role Measure M, and Metro by extension, play in quality-of-life outcomes.

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