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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2019

WMATA issues RFP for late-night on-demand services

The service will be offered seven days a week for trips within WMATA’s service area between midnight and 4 a.m. when its rail system is closed.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2018

Lyft app upgrade improves shared rides, integrates with cities, transit

The first two integrations are with Calif.'s Transportation Authority of Marin and the Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica.

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Newsby StaffMay 15, 2017

[Exclusive] After several months, is London Night Tube service working?

In many ways the results of this overnight Tube service is not remarkable to the casual visitor, or new resident in London. This is a large and busy city, and many people depend on public transport as the only logical means of travelling around.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2016

WMATA proposes cutting late night rail service

Additionally, the earliest trains on Sunday would start at 8 a.m., while the start times for trains on weekdays and Saturdays would remain at 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., respectively.

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Newsby StaffNovember 16, 2016

MBTA releases survey to determine late-night riders' habits

MBTA cancelled late-night train service in February after a brief experiment and is now considering contracting with Bridj to provide the service.

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Newsby StaffJuly 27, 2016

MBTA faces federal complaint for cancelling late-night service

A group argues that the flawed data suggested the move would not have an overly burdensome effect on low-income and minority riders and that it should have taken steps to curb those impacts before ending the service in March.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 20, 2016

Cutting late-night MBTA service could impact low income, minority riders

Agency is leaning toward cutting the service, which keeps trains and some buses running about 90 minutes later on early weekend mornings at a cost of $14 million per year, as it seeks to plug a budget gap of $242 million next year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2015

Report finds need for 24-hour San Francisco BART service

Currently, BART must shut down overnight for necessary maintenance work. The working group in its report recommended further study of the challenges to overnight BART service, but recognized that ultimately a second Transbay Tube may be necessary to ever have truly overnight transbay rail service.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 21, 2015

Officials mull future of MBTA late night service

The $13 million, year-long pilot started in March 2014, extending service by 90 minutes on MBTA lines and fifteen bus routes on Friday and Saturday nights until at least 2:30 a.m. The pilot has drawn 850,000 riders since its inception

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

AC Transit, BART team for late-night service

The one-year pilot program increases the options for late night commuters, providing new destinations and improved frequency of pre-dawn buses between San Francisco and the East Bay on weekends.

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