91制片厂 Wildcat Transit Aided by Federal Funds

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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DURHAM, N.H. - The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has approved applications for three projects aimed at improving 91制片厂 transportation offerings. The new services will debut during the next two academic years. The bulk of the $2.76 million funding will come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program.

91制片厂's Real Time Transit Information project will provide GPS-based real-time information to bus passengers via smart phones, computers and other Web-enabled devices and at select transit stop displays.听 Transit riders will be able to see exactly where their bus is and predict arrival times at key stops.

Funding will also help launch year-round, weekday transit service to Rochester via Route 125 through the purchase of small (CNG) transit vehicles. 听The service will be tailored to early- morning arrivals (as early as 7 a.m.) with stops in Barrington and Lee.听 The $1.23 million cost ( 80 percent federal money) includes three years operating assistance (a first for 91制片厂 Wildcat) and reestablishes this historic 91制片厂-COAST transit route.

Additionally, three full-size buses will be purchased through the CMAQ program as part of the 91制片厂 Wildcat transit fleet replacement plan.

Since 2001, 91制片厂 has received more than $13 million in U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Energy funding for transportation service and infrastructure improvements ranging from new buses to Main Street reconstruction.

91制片厂 also will benefit from a $5 million federal and turnpike funded NHDOT project to provide additional peak-hour Wildcat Transit service from Route 4 to Portsmouth during the upcoming Little Bay Bridges project.听NHDOT will purchase additional buses and pay operating assistance for the service increases. At the end of the service period, the buses will become property of 91制片厂.

Also of note, the state has recommended a $2.5 million project to implement (through a contracted service agreement with a private carrier) east-west transit service from Portsmouth to Manchester/Manchester Airport via the N.H. Route 101 corridor, with stops in Epping and Exeter. 听This has accelerated 91制片厂-Durham, Manchester and School of Law (Concord) discussions regarding connecting the three campuses with fixed route transit service.

The 91制片厂, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, 91制片厂 is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.

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