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  • TN: MTA seeks used buses to start new routes

    The Nashville Metro Transit Authority is looking to buy or lease between 10 and 20 used buses so it can start a number of new routes this fall.

    News • July 6th, 2012

  • CA: Assembly approves high-speed rail

    The California Assembly on Thursday approved legislation that would authorize the state to begin selling about $4.5 billion in state bonds for the nation's first high-speed rail system.

    News • July 6th, 2012

  • CA: Senior dial-a-ride services expand

    A transportation service that connects seniors with vans, shuttles and taxis in their area has expanded to all cities across San Diego County plus the communities of Ramona and Spring Valley.

    News • July 6th, 2012

  • CA: Farmers protest high-speed rail

    State legislators are expected to vote on whether to release state bond money that voters approved in 2008 to start building the high-speed railroad from Madera to the outskirts of Bakersfield.

    News • July 5th, 2012

  • Philippines: Bus operators question fixed salary proposal

    Provincial bus operators asked the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the fixed salary scheme for public utility drivers pushed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

    News • July 5th, 2012

  • Germany: Rail suppliers issued antitrust fines

    Germany's Federal Cartel Office has fined four companies including a subsidiary of steel giant ThyssenKrupp AG a total of $156.37 million for colluding over track orders.

    News • July 5th, 2012

  • NJ: Mixed opinions on recently passed federal transit legislation

    Transit in the state was given $70 million more a year, but a popular federal commuter tax benefit failed to be reinstated to its full amount.

    News • July 3rd, 2012

  • MA: Disabled riders protest rate hike

    Disabled and elderly riders protest rate increases could prevent many people from getting to work, buying food and visiting doctors.

    News • July 3rd, 2012

  • MA: Commuters brace for rate hike

    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is enacting an average 23 percent fare in crease to help close the regional transit system's $160 million deficit.

    News • July 2nd, 2012

  • PA: Regional Planning Board OKs Transportation Projects

    A regional planning panel on Thursday approved $3.8 billion in funding for 385 transportation projects in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania suburbs over the next four years.

    News • June 29th, 2012

  • UK: Two-Thirds of Bus Service Strike in London

    A war of words is raging after two-thirds of bus services in London were cancelled because of a strike by thousands of workers in a dispute over an Olympic bonus.

    News • June 25th, 2012

  • NY: MTA Fat Cats Sure Can Use a Vacation

    Top MTA bosses are cashing in on a contract clause that allows them to exchange unused vacation time for fat, lump-sum payments, according to documents obtained by The Post.

    News • June 25th, 2012

  • Israel: NTA Publishes Tel Aviv Light Rail Subway Tunnels Tender

    The tender is for a 3.5-km tunnel section of the Red Line from Geha Intersection to Em Hamoshava in Petah Tikva.

    News • June 22nd, 2012

  • MD: Man killed in shootout with Metro Transit Police

    Officials said a Metro Transit Police detective shot and killed a man in exchange of gunfire while investigating an attempted abduction in Prince George's County.

    News • June 22nd, 2012

  • Editorial: Labor's Off-Track Costs

    The Issue: Whether MTA workers and executives are equally shouldering the organization's cost-cutting.

    News • June 22nd, 2012