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Sunday, June 9, 2013

NEWS FROM AROUND AMERICA

 Officials of Pennsylvania's two largest transit agencies await a decision by the state transportation department on an exemption from a law that limits the number of hours that drivers can be behind the wheel.
PA transit agencies await hours waiver decision | Allegheny Co. News - WTAE Home

Eight in 10 bus and subway agencies are raising fares and cutting service or considering such measures as a budget crisis racks mass transit.
The dramatic moves are the biggest ever for many of the transit operators.
A survey of 151 agencies released today by the American Public Transportation Association found that 84% are considering the actions to balance budgets. It found that 44% raised fares in the past 15 months. That's up from 2008, when 30% did.

A top official for the agency that manages the San Francisco Bay Area’s BART system earned more than $330,000 last year — even though she didn’t work a single day for the public transit agency, a newspaper reported Sunday.


SunLine Transit Agency has turned over an audit two months late, allowing the Riverside County Transportation Commission to release $1.6 million in state funding.“The money is in our account,” said Roger Snoble, who started his job as interim general manager on Monday
SunLine submits audit to California | The Desert Sun | mydesert.com

General Manager Olgelsby is a crook

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