/tags/bus Bus en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:44:01 GMT /education/2024-11-22/durham-public-schools-rotate-bus-service-shortage-drivers Durham Public Schools will begin rotating its bus service for students, because 17 buses in the district don't have a consistent driver. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:44:01 GMT /education/2024-11-22/durham-public-schools-rotate-bus-service-shortage-drivers Liz Schlemmer /news/2024-06-28/gotriangle-fares-riders-july-buses-covid The regional transit agency for the Triangle will resume collecting fares from bus riders on July 1. The new fare collection system will be app-based, but cash options are available for those without a smartphone. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:05:49 GMT /news/2024-06-28/gotriangle-fares-riders-july-buses-covid Bradley George /news/2022-10-31/south-carolina-sheriff-shaw-university-bus-stop-racially-motivated A bus carrying 18 students from the historically Black university in Raleigh was stopped on I-85 on Oct. 5. Deputies allege it was weaving in and out of traffic. Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:01:08 GMT /news/2022-10-31/south-carolina-sheriff-shaw-university-bus-stop-racially-motivated Bradley George /education/2022-09-08/school-buses-still-running-in-nc-despite-concerns-for-engine-fire An analysis by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network of hundreds of fuel sample records from school buses with MaxxForce engines across the state shows that oil sample tests found elevated levels of fuel in the oil more than one third of the time. Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:14:16 GMT /education/2022-09-08/school-buses-still-running-in-nc-despite-concerns-for-engine-fire NC Watchdog Reporting Network /education/2022-08-17/wake-county-students-grapple-bus-driver-shortage-schools Transportation director Bob Snidemiller told the school board this week that the district has lost over 169 bus drivers since 2019. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 16:14:49 GMT /education/2022-08-17/wake-county-students-grapple-bus-driver-shortage-schools Bradley George /news/2022-04-12/federal-transit-funding-will-increase-in-north-carolina Among other things, the extra dollars will go toward replacing aging vehicles and hiring additional operators. It’s expected that many of the new vehicles will be zero-emission, as the state pivots toward converting public fleets to be more environmentally friendly. Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:56:47 GMT /news/2022-04-12/federal-transit-funding-will-increase-in-north-carolina Neal Charnoff / WFDD /politics/2014-07-23/raleigh-reconsiders-downtown-r-line-amid-rising-costs-backlash Raleigh has commissioned a private consultant to evaluate the free downtown circulator bus system.The R-Line was created in 2009 to boost tourism and… Wed, 23 Jul 2014 12:48:54 GMT /politics/2014-07-23/raleigh-reconsiders-downtown-r-line-amid-rising-costs-backlash Rebecca Martinez /arts-culture/2014-04-10/do-you-know-this-chapel-hill-bus-driver-man-wants-to-say-thanks David Ellis Dickerson is a writer, a storyteller and a teacher. He might be best known for the stories he's told on "This American Life." He also has a… Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:13:48 GMT /arts-culture/2014-04-10/do-you-know-this-chapel-hill-bus-driver-man-wants-to-say-thanks Carol Jackson /business-economy/2014-02-24/triangle-transit-is-filming-a-soap-opera-on-its-busses Erika dashes on to the 36-seat passenger bus. She's exasperated, but remarkably well put together. She's young, and afraid."Prescott... I'm late," she… Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:23:24 GMT /business-economy/2014-02-24/triangle-transit-is-filming-a-soap-opera-on-its-busses Eric Mennel /law/2013-08-22/raleigh-transit-authority-sued-for-rejecting-bus-ad-showing-caged-pigs The Humane Society of the United States is suing the Raleigh Transit Authority after the city rejected a bus advertisement showing pigs in cages. The ad… Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:59:37 GMT /law/2013-08-22/raleigh-transit-authority-sued-for-rejecting-bus-ad-showing-caged-pigs Will Michaels