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HandyDart drivers face layoffs as TransLink reorganizes service
Vancouver :: Canada | 14 days ago
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The union representing HandyDart drivers is questioning TransLink's plans to cut service hours and use taxis instead, saying it could lead to 28 potential layoffs and put disabled and elderly passengers at risk. TransLink has cut 10,000 HandyDart
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New public transport legislation welcomed (Fuseworks)
Wellington :: New Zealand | 14 days ago
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NZ Bus CEO Zane Fulljames says the changes incentivise local authorities and operators to form strong partnerships and work together on long-term strategies to plan the shape of New Zealand's public transport networks. "We have been involved in
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Did you feel the crush this morning?
Melbourne :: Australia | 15 days ago
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But crush loads are measured two ways the number of full trains and the percentage of passengers on the line who travel on those jammed services...Dandenong, by comparison, had 28 per cent of morning peak passengers on full trains and 23 per cent in
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Call for referendum on TransLink funding draws concerns
Toronto :: Canada | 21 days ago
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Watch CTV Video video This will be TransLink's most pressing issue in the first meetings with the new government, said chief executive officer Ian Jarvis. I understand what the objective is but the devil is in what, exactly, the question will be, he
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No quick route to fix for taxi woes
Melbourne :: Australia | 23 days ago
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Angela Wylie It was late evening and I was catching a taxi home from the city. I had to tell the driver where to go at every turn because he didn't know his way around Melbourne. He drove 10 kilometres an hour slower than the traffic, drawing horn
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PM axes $2b Parramatta plan
Sydney :: Australia | 23 days ago
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Rail commuters and motorists will wait longer for vital infrastructure after the Gillard government quietly shifted $2 billion earmarked for the Parramatta-Epping line into a fund for projects not due to be built until after 2019. The decision puts a
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Rail promise looking shaky
Campbelltown :: PA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Transport advocates and commuters say it is unclear whether the train timetable meets Barry O'Farrell's election promise. Photo: Michele Mossop The state government risks breaking election promises for 135 new and faster express train services for
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The trouble with Myki
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 month ago
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Single-use public transport tickets will not be reintroduced by Premier Denis Napthine despite several transport experts describing Melbourne's ticketing system as unfriendly for occasional users and visitors. Former premier Ted Baillieu scrapped
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Winners and losers in Sydney rail revamp
Iowa City :: IA :: USA | 1 month ago
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An 800-page version of the train timetable, dated last month, reveals a number of the big changes. These include: More trains on the Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra line; More on the Epping to Chatswood line; Fewer trains stopping at upper north shore
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HS2 rail benefits are 'unclear'
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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The benefits of the HS2 high speed rail project on the economy are unclear, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. The NAO said in a report that it had "reservations" about how the London-to-Birmingham link would deliver growth, adding that the
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