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City Council

City Council to weigh temporary bus shelters and signs until West End transit center reopens in 2028 | #citycouncil

A DASH bus pulls into the former Landmark Mall (staff photo by James Cullum)   With the reopening of the Dash Transit Center at the future WestEnd development years away, Alexandria is looking to ask Richmond to help pay for $800,000 in temporary bus bays, benches and real-time signage. On Tuesday, City Council will consider […]

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City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

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City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

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City Council

Sioux City Council mulls $340K plan to expand bus service | #citycouncil

SIOUX CITY — Sioux City council members are slated to discuss the possibility of approving a $340,000 transit budget plan in fiscal year 2023, during their Monday meeting, in order to fund additional services recommended by a transit mobility study. The funds, if approved, will cover an additional southern route and the pilot test period […]

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Mayor

City’s longest-serving mayor writes ‘My Story: Bringing Beverly Back From The Brink’ | Local News

BEVERLY — To most Beverly residents in the 1970s, Bill Scanlon was the guy who laid off hundreds of people at the United Shoe Machinery Corp. — the executive who had been brought to town to cut and slash the workforce at the city’s largest employer. So when Scanlon decided to run for mayor in […]

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Alabama

Chamber welcomes first Nova Bus order from Alabama | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

PLATTSBURGH — The North Country Chamber of Commerce is welcoming an order for 12 clean diesel buses for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, from Nova Bus here in Plattsburgh. “Whenever we see a first-time order for buses from another new city, it means an opportunity to demonstrate the quality of the buses produced by our […]

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