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Syracuse buses go paperless
By Erin Carson
November 8, 2011 - 5:28pm
Parking and Transit Services did away with printed schedules now has all their schedules online.

Students and faculty looking for campus bus schedules need not look further than the palms of their hands.

This semester, Syracuse University Parking and Transit Services decided to go paperless, doing away with 13,000 printed bus schedules.

“This was huge for us,” said manager Scot Vanderpool in an email. The schedules can now be found on the SU Parking and Transit Service’s website in PDF form, giving students and faculty the option to print the schedule themselves or pull it up on their mobile phones.

Bus riders oppose new fares
By Kristen Marie Beatty
March 9, 2011 - 7:29pm
Centro's customers ask company not to increase fares to $2.

Centro is increasing its fares as a way of decreasing its $4.8 million gap in its next budget.

The hearing began at 5 p.m. at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center in downtown Syracuse. It is one of five public hearings Centro has scheduled on the proposed fare increase.

The other public hearings are scheduled for Thursday at the Radisson Hotel in Utica, Monday at the Cayuga County Office Building in Auburn, March 16 at the Oswego County Office Building in Oswego and March 17 at the Rome Common Council chambers. All hearings begin at 5 p.m.

Centro's fare increase sits poorly with Syracuse riders
By Giancarlo Doyle...
February 18, 2011 - 3:37pm
Egypt agrees to allow two Iranian warships to cross through canal despite Israeli opposition.

According to CNN, Egypt's new military regime has agreed to allow the passage of two Iranian warships through the Suez Canal.

The warships are expected to be the first to sail through the Suez Canal since 1979.

The Suez Canal is an internal body of water, which Egypt has sovereignty over. Egypt, however, is bound by the 1976 Camp David Accords which guarantee the right to free passage by ships belonging to Israel and all other nations on the basis of the Constantinople Convention of 1888.

Centro riders could see another fare increase
By Jim Levulis
February 18, 2011 - 9:54am
Centro plans to eliminate stops, raise fares to cut $5 million from its budget.

Centro plans to raise its bus fares from $1.25 to $2 in Onondaga County and combine routes to eliminate its $5 million budget gap, according to The Post-Standard. The major route changes involve fewer stops on highly traveled roads, like Route 57 in Clay and Milton Ave. in Solvay.

Onondaga Citizens League gives sustainability report
By Shannon Woodward
October 15, 2010 - 11:20am
Onondaga Citizens League report attempts to stop the spread of urbanization.

According to The Post-Standard, the Onondaga Citizens League gave a report this morning on making Syracuse and Onondaga County a sustainable community during a FOCUS Greater Syracuse meeting in the Atrium of City Hall Commons. Study co-chairmen Jason Allers and David Holder gave the presentation.

Wanted: artist for Centro
By Hannah Kollock
March 9, 2010 - 4:40pm
Plus, scientific data shows Chile moved west and New York City Opera switches things up.

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Effective today, CENTRO will cut services
By Jordan Harrison
March 1, 2010 - 11:24am
Plus, Seaworld trainer is put to rest and the legacy of Crosby continues to grow.

According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, CENTRO will today nix at least two routes and cut down on other routes across the city.