Palm Tran introduces articulated buses on two routes
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The City of Tucson Department of Transportation has awarded incumbent Professional Transit Management/Veolia Transportation, Inc. (PTM/Veolia) a two-year contract to manage Sun Tran fixed-route operations and Sun Van paratransit services.
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St. Paul, MN-based Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority has $1.25 million to put toward public art at the renovated Union Depot, the historic transportation hub in downtown St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood.
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Palm Tran, Palm Beach County, FL began using six New Flyer 61-ft articulated transit buses for the first time in April on two routes that lead the transit system in ridership with heavy boarding during peak morning and afternoon commuting times. The articulated buses are in service for select trips on Route 1, traveling via US-1 from the Gardens Mall to Camino Real in Boca Raton, and on Route 3 via Military Trail between the VA Hospital in West Palm Beach and the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton. The buses can seat 58 passengers and are capable of carrying approximately 80 riders including standing loads.
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Walk Score announced a new ranking of U.S. city transit systems based on residents’ access to public transportation. New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, D.C. top the list, while cities such as Houston, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Columbus, OH are among the cities in the bottom half of the ranking.
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A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and pneumonia. Called The CityBusters, the students have installed a $500 device on a METRO bus in Houston that has proven effective at killing 99.8 percent of the pathogens that circulate through the air-filtering system. The device, called FluProof, incorporates high-powered ultraviolet lamps that sterilize the air on the fly.
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