Transit Unplugged News Minute for Feb 05 2024-Audio

Julie Gates: 00:00:00

MTA has new subway cars that improve accessibility,

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California's considering merging its

Bay Area Transit Agencies, and Amelia

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Earhart's plane may have been located.

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Welcome to your Transit

Unplugged News Minute.

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New York's Metropolitan Transportation

Authority debuted new cars on its C Line.

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They feature an open gangway which

allows riders to move freely between

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subway cars, including people

using strollers and wheelchairs.

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What if we just had one transit system

across the entire San Francisco Bay Area?

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To create a more seamless service, Senate

Bill 926 has been introduced to merge

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the Bay Area's 27 transit agencies.

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It is already igniting a healthy debate.

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And in aviation news, Amelia Earhart's

plane may have been discovered.

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Through underwater sonar images, a plane

shaped object that matches Earhart's

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aircraft Modaxo was spotted 100 miles from

where she was to refuel in the Pacific.

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Earhart was on a quest to become the first

female pilot to fly solo around the world.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is

being brought to you by Modaxo, passionate

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about moving the world's people.

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I'm Julie Gates.