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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 17, 2023

TransLink Celebrates 75 Years of Trolley Bus Service

The new Compass product will be available on the day of the official anniversary at TransLink’s Customer Service Center.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 2, 2022

MBTA Board Awards Contract for Type 10 'Supercars'

The new Green Line Type 10 supercar will be 40 feet longer than the Green Line vehicles in use today.

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Articlesby Lexi TuckerJuly 4, 2022

Hometown Manufacturing Changes with the Times

What used to be a primarily trolley-based company has adapted to recent trends by pivoting to fit the needs of customers planning for the future of transportation.

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NewsMarch 18, 2022

San Diego MTS Sees Ridership Increase as Gas Prices Soar

Ridership was up to nearly 200,000 trips per weekday for the week of March 7-11.

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NewsNovember 29, 2021

Trolley Ridership Increases on UCSD Blue Line Extension Opening Day

Ridership on MTS buses and Trolleys has been increasing since a pandemic low point in April 2020 during the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home order.

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NewsJuly 2, 2021

San Diego’s Mid-Coast Trolley Extension Project Advances

Testing has officially begun on the $2.1 billion, 11-mile Mid-Coast Extension of the UC San Diego Blue Line, which is scheduled to open in November 2021.

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Newsby StaffMay 3, 2019

Specialty Vehicles delivers ARBOC low-floor trolley to Florida

The American-made trolley seats 33 passengers with additional space for two wheelchairs positions.

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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2016

SEPTA, union reach agreement, end strike

The agency said it usually takes 24 hours to have all buses, trolleys and subway trains running after a shutdown but it was on track to be in full service by Tuesday morning.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2016

ARBOC, Specialty Vehicles partner for low-floor, purpose-built trolleys

The new Trolley will be manufactured on the Freightliner XBA low-floor, rear-engine diesel chassis. This chassis was designed by ARBOC and is built by Freightliner exclusively for ARBOC.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2016

FTA awards $1B federal grant for San Diego trolley extension

The extension will improve access to employment hubs and numerous educational and medical facilities north of downtown, making it easier for people to travel throughout the city.

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