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AC Transit Board greenlights a $108M, 9.5-mile infrastructure project for first Bus Rapid Transit line; diesel-hybrid buses

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miles) is slated to begin in May 2016 with service expected to begin in November 2017. mile route with stops at raised station platforms. In the US, construction of a typical light rail system averages $70 million per mile or more. Construction of the 150 block transit service (that spans 9.5

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