Mississippi Business Journal » transit systems http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 City’s transit system shuts down for lack of funding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/citys-transit-system-shuts-down-for-lack-of-funding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=citys-transit-system-shuts-down-for-lack-of-funding http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/citys-transit-system-shuts-down-for-lack-of-funding/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:57:36 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53403 MERIDIAN — Meridian’s transmit system has shut down leaving the city scurrying to meet the needs of people who relied on the buses to get around. Kirk Thompson, executive adviser to Mayor Cheri Barry, said the city hopes to get some bus service in Meridian. Meridian Transit System board president Bo Hawkins said the decision [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/citys-transit-system-shuts-down-for-lack-of-funding/feed/ 0 FTA study: Rail, bus systems need $77.7B in repairs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/23/fta-study-rail-bus-systems-need-777b-in-repairs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fta-study-rail-bus-systems-need-777b-in-repairs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/23/fta-study-rail-bus-systems-need-777b-in-repairs/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:17:54 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=27462 WASHINGTON — A Federal Transit Administration (FTA) study estimates the cost of bringing the nation’s rail and bus transit systems into a state of good repair at $77.7 billion. In addition, a yearly average of $14.4 billion would be required to maintain the systems. FTA’s National State of Good Repair Assessment Study, requested by U.S. [...]

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