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San Joaquin RTD Launches
22 New Hopper Buses
SAN JOAQUIN Regional Transit District
has added new Hopper buses that
include more seating, with maximum
of 23 persons versus 12.
▶ San Joaquin Regional Transit District
has placed 22 brand new Hopper buses
into service in January. Hopper buses run
regular fi xed routes but will deviate from
them up to 3/4 of a mile for Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)-certifi ed
guests who make an advance reservation.
These new buses serve 9 Hopper routes
in the city of Stockton and 4 more that
reach out across San Joaquin County.
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Training Program Helps
Prepare Trainees for Jobs
as BART Track Workers
▶ The Cypress Mandela Training Center
in Oakland, California is off ering for the
fi rst time, railroad-specifi c content provided
by Bay Area Rapid Transit.
Students spend at least 16 weeks in Cypress
Mandela’s training program, which
emphasizes discipline and life skills, along
with job readiness. They the students get
fi ve days of railroad-specifi c training to
help them prepare to apply for entry-level
track worker jobs.
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Brookville
Hop Fastpass Becomes First Fare
Card Available within Android Pay
▶ TriMet and Google are teaming up for
a fi rst — making Hop Fastpass the fi rst
virtual transit card available in Android
Pay starting early next year, which also
marks the fi rst mobile wallet partnership
for TriMet. Beta testing for this integration
will start later this month.
Android Pay works with Android
phones running Kit Kat (4.4) or higher. To
make in-store or transit payments, the
phone also needs to support NFC (nearfi
eld communication) and HCE (host
card emulation). To check for NFC, look
for it in the phone’s settings app. Riders
can make in-app payments even if their
phone does not have HCE.
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RTD
TriMet
BART
IN DECEMBER 2017, a select group
of TriMet, C-TRAN and Portland
Streetcar beta testers will be able to
load a virtual Hop card into Android
Pay — giving them the ability to tap
their phones to pay for their fares and
receive all the benefits of a physical
Hop card.
AN INSTRUCTOR demonstrates a track
jack at Cypress Mandela Training
Center.
A PRELIMINARY rendering of the proposed Brookville Liberty LRV for Sound
Transit Tacoma Link. Design details and color of the actual vehicles may be
subject to change.
Brookville Awarded Contract to Supply
Liberty LRVs for Tacoma Link Extension
Sound Transit and Brookville Equipment Corp. recently agreed to terms
on a $26.5 million plus tax order for the design and build of fi ve Liberty
light rail vehicles, which will support a 2.4-mile extension of the agency’s
1.6-mile Tacoma Link line.
In addition to the fi ve vehicle base order, the contract includes fi ve option vehicles
for Sound Transit and fi ve option vehicles for the city of Portland, Oregon.
Th e Sound Transit Tacoma Link LRVs will include an 8-foot-wide carbody
with seating for up to 34 passengers and the ability to comfortably
transport more than 100 passengers. Th e new fl eet will be ADA compliant
with deployable bridge plates for easy boarding and more than 70 percent
low-fl oor available standing area.
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