Thumb Area Transit of Eastern Michigan Selects RouteMatch Software for Demand Response Operations and Tablets for Increased Reporting and Improved Customer Service

Internacional (Marketwired, 05 de Agosto de 2013) Thumb Area Transit, a demand response transit agency performing up to 2,000 trips a day and covering all of Huron County in the thumb area region of eastern Michigan, has selected RouteMatch Software as their ITS (intelligent transportation systems) technology provider. The transit agency transitioned to RouteMatch's scalable technology platform to support growing ridership and operational needs. The agency recently deployed RouteMatch's automated scheduling and dispatching and is using tablets mobile data devices for automated vehicle location. "Our goal is to be as cost effective and customer service oriented as we can be," explains Ken Jimkoski, Director at Thumb Area Transit. "RouteMatch has multiple technology offerings that we plan to take advantage of, such as the ability to be totally paperless. We also are excited about having more in-depth reporting abilities and the use of tablets in our vehicles."

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Harper Government Celebrates First Anniversary of Marketing Freedom

Internacional (Marketwired, 01 de Agosto de 2013) Today, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Marilyn Braun-Pollon, Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), marked the one-year anniversary of marketing freedom for Western Canadian grain farmers. They unveiled the findings from a recent CFIB survey which shows that Western Canada's grain farmers and Prairie agri-businesses have seen an overwhelmingly positive impact from being able to market their wheat and barley independent of the former single desk. 

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Minister Blaney Commends Toronto Immigration Task Force on a "Wanted by the CBSA" Arrest

Internacional (Marketwired, 01 de Agosto de 2013) The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued the following statement after Canada Border Services Agency announced the arrest of Clive Moore in Hamilton on July 24th, 2013, by the Toronto Immigration Task Force (ITF). Moore, who is inadmissible to Canada, has committed offences outside of Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute Canadian offences. He has convictions in the United States for trafficking narcotics, burglary, trespass, and larceny.

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