Seattle Public Schools has used the same bus company for over 30 years. That changed earlier this month when the district awarded a new contract — valued at over $68 million for the next three years — to transportation company Zum Services. The legacy provider, First Student, will split the contract, valued in total at …
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The cause of the electric bus fire in Hamden is still under investigation. HAMDEN, Conn. — CTtransit’s electric bus fleet has been removed from operation after one of them caught fire in Hamden on Saturday. “CTtransit, in consultation with CTDOT, decided to remove the electric bus fleet from operation until a full investigation is completed,” …
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Parents and students will again be faced with an alternating bus schedule when school starts on Aug. 15 as Washoe County School District continues to struggle with staffing shortages. Bus routes will be suspended for one week on a rotating basis in each of the district’s five service areas. The calendar for bus rotation schedules …
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Migrants bused to DC overwhelming aid groups Buses of migrants arriving in DC From Texas have nowhere to go. Local aid groups are finding is hard to help everyone and now they’re asking for help. FOX 5’s Bob Barnard is at Union Station with more. WASHINGTON – Buses of migrants arriving from Texas to the …
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Nora Grace-Flood Photo New year, old schedule: Dismissal at Dunbar Hill School. Nevermind. Hamden students will start school at the same time as last year. After two months of hand wringing and debate concerning how to rearrange student busing schedules in a last-minute move to stay within the lines of a level budget, the Board …
One day after officials touted the passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act, including plans for thousands of electric vehicles to hit the road, one of the state-run electric buses caught on fire over the weekend. The blaze engulfed a CTtransit bus in a Hamden parking lot Saturday morning, sending two workers and a firefighter …
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A former Flagler County school bus driver who was accused of driving drunk and then appeared to be intoxicated when he showed up for his sentencing last month was sent to prison on Monday for 18 months. Mark McNeill, 60, of Ormond Beach, had been expected to enter a plea on June 13 to a …
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The London underground is a rich repository of advertises the majority of which target some combination of the exhausted, the balding and the ever-so-slightly naive. The city’s famous red buses are these days mostly pimped out with posters for delivery companies and Lionel Messi-inspired fast food. Over the weekend, however, FT Alphaville spied an unusual …
A Greater Richmond Transit Company bus in Richmond, Virginia. Courtesy of Greater Richmond Transit Company READ MORE How can RideKC better serve bus riders? Kansas City’s public transportation system has celebrated free fares and electric buses. But many riders say they still have a problem with infrequent and unreliable service. What can be done? Expand …
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