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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJune 6, 2024

New York Gov. Hochul Pauses Congestion Pricing Plan

The Central Business District Tolling Program was mandated by the State in April 2019 and modeled on urban congestion pricing programs around the world to reduce traffic congestion and raise needed revenue to improve public transportation.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 25, 2023

City and County of Honolulu Agrees to Improve Paratransit Services

The agreement resolves complaints that customers of Honolulu’s paratransit service, TheHandi-Van, who called to make or change reservations for rides, had very long telephone hold times or did not have their calls answered.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2019

Following complaints, Intercity Transit to pull ads on buses

Since some current ads are scheduled to run for several more months more, all buses won’t be ad-free until about April of next year.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2017

Evolving video tech to solve the toughest fleet problems

Recorded video can be organized with tags that are associated with hardwired triggers — like when a ramp is deployed — or cloud-based triggers from third-party software, like collision avoidance systems.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2017

L.A. Metro reconsidering selling naming rights for trains, stations

Since board approval in December, the staff received new information from the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office saying corporate naming decisions by Metro could lead to free speech entanglements

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Newsby StaffAugust 5, 2015

As transportation bill stalls, so does proposed Amtrak liability increase

The six-year transportation-funding bill, which was approved last week by the Senate, would have lifted a cap on Amtrak's liability in accident lawsuits to $295 million. The House insisted on a short-term extension of the current bill, rather than take up the long-term solution.

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Newsby StaffAugust 11, 2014

D.C. cab cos. unite against ride-sharing services

Cabdrivers are joining labor unions, labor organizers and cab companies are lobbying jointly, and rival taxi executives are sharing notes and filing complaints and lawsuits, according to a report.

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