3/5/08

Transit fare hike eliminates MetroCard $2 bonus
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Transit officials have said the fare increases would help offset billions in future deficits. The agency announced yesterday it was moving forward with $30 ...
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New Transit Plan
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Mayor Larry O'Brien wants Ottawa residents to provide their feedback on the four proposed options for the future of Ottawa's transit system. ...
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Pay for transit as part of tolls package for 520 bridge
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
What is needed now is specific language to finance transit as part of the package. Variable tolling is market driven. Tolls would be lower when fewer people ...
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Ukraine: Gazprom not paying gas transit to Europe
Reuters - USA
MM: Quote, Profile, Research) of failing to pay for the transit of gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory, a claim Gazprom denied. ...
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Going Places on Bay Area Public Transit
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
By Metropolitan Transportation Commission Avoid congested thoroughfares and high gas prices in the Bay Area by traveling via public transit. ...
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New CTA transit-card machines to accept credit, debit cards
Chicago Tribune - United States
CTA President Ron Huberman looks over one of the transit agency's new fare-card vending machines that accepts credit and debit cards as CTA passengers pass ...
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City unveils four transit, tunnel options
Ottawa Business Journal - Ontario, Canada
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff The city unveiled four options for its "Downtown rapid transit network" Monday, an update to the city's Transportation ...
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Surveillance cameras on Toronto transit don't violate privacy laws ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO - The use of video surveillance cameras on Toronto's transit system does not violate privacy laws, Ontario's privacy commissioner said Monday as she ...
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Ontario Government Provides $1.7 Million To Upgrade Guelph Transit ...
Exchange Morning Post - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
GUELPH – Ontario is granting $1769816 to help improve public transit in Guelph, Liz Sandals, MPP, announced on behalf of Transportation Minister Jim Bradley ...
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Milwaukee Bus Ridership Plunges: Cuts in Service, Higher Fares ...
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Larry Sandler,...
Milwaukee County Transit System ridership plunged to a 33-year low in 2007 -- at the same time public transit ridership nationwide was on track toward a 50-year high.
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Further transit improvements
Photo provided. Nipissing MPP Monique Smith Media Release ********************* The McGuinty Government is providing $807356, in one time funding, to help improve public transit in ... continued on BayToday.ca.
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A Step Toward Transit
A bit of hopeful transit news sparks hope in the hearts of those looking for a ride.
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New Orleans bus fleet getting an upgrade
By The Associated Press
By May 1, the city's Regional Transit Authority hopes to receive the first of 39 new coaches equipped to use cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel. All of the new buses should be on hand by the end of summer. ...
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Schools upgrade bus surveillance
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
School bus incidents are a national problem, and one that authorities feel can often be averted by the use of surveillance cameras. ...
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Frightened bus users make stand
Boston Globe - United States
... the number of people who do ride and the number of incidents that occur on the MBTA, your chances of being a victim of crime on that bus are very small. ...
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S.C. school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress - Topix
S.C. school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress. Posted by The State on Saturday Feb 23 | Bookmark and Share. “It takes a lot to drive a bus -- not ...

Valley Transit connects with riders
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
By Ed Lowe "It's the cost of owning a car," said Fiorentino, 46, of Appleton, explaining his loyalty to the Fox Cities' mass transit system while waiting ...
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Nashua should consider running transit system
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
Why, and I repeat, why are we still paying a private management company (First Group) to run the Nashua Transit System? From what I hear, First Group’s ...
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A boost for mass transit
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Larry Carson | Sun reporter March 3, 2008 The idea of mass transit hasn't exactly been popular in Carroll County, where leaders traditionally have viewed ...
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Cops and transit security join forces to clean up Coliseum LRT station
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
I'm at the Coliseum LRT station, witnessing a joint undercover operation of police and transit security staff. I see a man in handcuffs, braying with ...
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Metro Mass Transit breaks new ground
The Statesman Online - Accra,Ghana
Northern Regional Minister, Mustapha Idris in a speech read on his behalf said the extention of the services of the Metro Mass Transit to the Tatale area ...
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Plan's goal: Move bus riders to trains, attract new mass transit users
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
That popularity makes it the region's least taxpayer-subsidized route, according to Metro Transit. Yet, it's going to take a beating from the planned ...
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Transit Plan Released Today
580 CFRA Radio - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
City Staff will present four possible transit options to meet the needs of Ottawa residents, with the idea of designing a network from the "core out. ...
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Lane Ranger applauds grants for transit study
Inside NoVA - Prince William,VA,USA
A Potomac River ferry and bus rapid transit on US 1 are two ideas that garnered the county $325000 from the Secretary of Transportation’s Multi Modal office ...
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Corzine's cuts spare schools, transit
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
The governor is also giving New Jersey Transit, which operates the Bergen, Main and Pascack Valley lines, a $60 million increase in his budget. ...
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Two Metro Transit Buses Involved in Rear-End Collision Sunday
Around 6:17 pm Sunday, a Metro Transit bus rear-ended another Metro Transit bus at 7th and Nicollet in Minneapolis.
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Public meetings to be held on regional mass transit
A public meeting this week in Avon will help the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority gather input on a mass transit system.
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Province pays fare-share for London Transit expansion
By LondonTopic.ca
The future of London Transit is looking bigger, better and faster, on the heels of a major funding announcement by the Province of Ontario for the city's transit system.
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