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Pair charged with stealing, reselling Seattle bus passes  Two former employees of a Seattle-based charity called Hopelink are accused of stealing $95,000 worth of King County Metro bus passes from the organization and selling them online. The passes were meant to be distributed to poor and disabled people. Seattle Post-Intelligencer [5-22]>> Photo by Dennis Hamilton via Flickr

TransLink eyes property sales to curtail deficit  TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis says the Vancouver, B.C.-area transit system's financial woes are so bad that he will look at selling off some of its property holdings to cover operating costs. The Globe and Mail [5-22]>> Photo by Darryl Dyke for The Globe and Mail

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MBTA rider sees something, snaps a photo     As part of its "See Something, Say Something" program, the MBTA has released a smartphone app that allows riders to instantly alert transit police to any suspicious activity. A photo of an apparently dozing transit officer is probably not what the MBTA had in mind. BostInno [5-22]>> Photo by The Knight on via.me

Why is Broward County's bus system so effective?           Among mid-sized metro areas in the U.S., Broward County, Fla., has one of the strongest bus systems. What's the secret to its success?  Atlantic Cities [5-21]>> Photo by Elvert Barnes via Flickr

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VIA Metropolitan Transit unveils hub design      VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio on Tuesday released a conceptual design of the long-awaited West Side Multimodal Center. The VIA board could vote on the plan by late summer. San Antonio Express-News [5-23]>>

British rail authorities penalizing innocent folks      A transit watchdog organization says British rail passengers caught without proper fare face painful fines, even those travelers who made an innocent mistake. The Telegraph [5-22]>> Photo by PA

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