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2009-10 guide to holiday transit
10 hours ago ago from Fagstein
Mostly cribbed from last year's guide . Here's what to expect from the Montreal-area transit authorities for service this holiday season, including special holiday service schedules and free service days. Once again, I ask that you have some sympathy for the bus or metro driver who has to work during the holidays getting whiny vomiting drunk people from A to B in thick snow. STM (Montreal, including the entire metro) ...
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7 hours ago ago from Seattle Transit Blog
Fare alert on a Metro bus. Photo by Oran. Two major changes occur with the New Year: First, all King County Metro fares (except for the ages 6-18 fare) will go up 25 cents . For most of us that means $2.00 off-peak, $2.25 one-zone peak, $2.50 two-zone peak. More confusingly, there will be a dramatic reduction in the media with which you can legally board a bus. The rules below apply to Metro, Sound, Everett, Snohomish, ...
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11 hours ago ago from Omnibuses
Solent Blue Line's 25 February 2008 timetable booklet follows in a long line of quality products from Go South Coast . A pocket hugging, 96 page, slim one third A4, it comes with attractive maps and, similar to Wilts & Dorset's , some nice motivational text/images, focusing mainly on shopping aiming at occasional users who may have a choice of mode or destination. Unlike many timetables, the binding and heavyweight covers mean it's designed ...
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