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Metro extends automatic train operation to Blue, Orange and Silver lines
Automatic train operation is extending to Metrorail’s Blue, Orange and Silver lines on June 15, making all of lines having the automatic system. Metro's Blue, Orange and Silver lines will be running ...
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Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon Team Up Again for Hilarious Ad
This year was no different as Canada’s favorite coffee chain aired a new ad that sees Crosby and MacKinnon donning wigs and fake facial hair. To help promote their new special edition hockey ...
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Growing Idaho: VRT looks for funding to keep up with growth
One of the solutions, as we see in bigger cities, is making public transit more available ... if they could move the same number of riders as Spokane does, which has a similar population, they ...
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Moving Forward; Spokane Transit Authority preparing double-decker buses for action
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Transit Authority is introducing seven new double-decker buses set to begin service between Spokane and Cheney this September. Towering nearly 14 feet high, the buses ...
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Minor injuries reported in crash involving Spokane paratransit bus
SPOKANE, Wash. — A crash involving a Spokane Transit Authority paratransit bus resulted in minor injuries Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at the intersection of North Maple Street and ...
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Here's a list of events happening in Spokane this week
Fairgoers can ride the Spokane Transit Authority (STA) fair shuttle bus Route 342 at the Spokane Community College (SCC) Transit Center. The Bus Day Pass for the fair cost $2. 'Dancing With Life ...
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Spokane Transit Authority lifts mandate, makes masks optional
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Transit Authority (STA) has made masks optional, effective immediately, for employees and riders. "There is no entity either requiring masking on public transportation ...
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Spokane Transit Authority launching free bus pass program for kids
SPOKANE, Wash. — Parks, pools, libraries and live music—kids are just one bus ride away from summer activities all over town with STA’s newly-launched Summer Pass program. This pilot program ...
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Ooh Media was right about the First Amendment, but got punished by STA
Back in 2016, the Inlander told the story of Ooh Media, an advertising firm fired by the Spokane ... board's ad policy." The final straw, Meyer had said, was an ad for the Amalgamated Transit ...
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Federal judge rules Spokane Transit Authority violated First Amendment
SPOKANE — A federal judge has ruled ... earlier this year after the STA refused to display an ad on buses from the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1015, The Spokesman-Review reported.
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Federal judge sides with bus drivers’ union over ad dispute on STA buses
The Spokane Transit Authority violated the First Amendment ... The lawsuit argued that the STA rejected the union ad “simply because it is a union. The content restrictions imposed by the ...