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CBS News
2 days ago
- General
- CBS News
16th Street Mall Ride in downtown Denver gets a new name
The free shuttle buses that run up and down Denver's 16th Street are getting a new name. RTD It's now the 16th Street FreeRide. The Regional Transportation District sent photos of what the rebranded buses look like. They say they are changing the name to match the new branding for 16th Street. Last month Denver city leaders announced that they are dropping the "Mall" from 16th Street after completing major renovations. While the shuttles have a new name, nothing else is changing. They will still be free to ride on and will be available seven days a week.
South China Morning Post
22-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Rush-hour services on MTR's Tseung Kwan O line suspended due to power fault
Hong Kong's railway operator has suspended rush-hour services on the Tseung Kwan O line because of a power supply disruption. The MTR Corporation said on Thursday that engineers were on-site fixing the fault triggered by a short circuit resulting from the power supply disruption. It said it had arranged free shuttle bus services for passengers between Tseung Kwan O and Lohas Park stations, and between Tiu Keng Leng and Po Lam stations. The rail giant urged passengers to consider alternative routes or other forms of transport if possible. More to follow …
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Preston and Chorley hospitals shuttle bus to be axed in cuts
A free shuttle bus that ferries staff between the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitals is to be scrapped as part of a wider drive to cut service, which has operated for more than a decade, can also be used by patients during off-peak hours, although they have to pay to do Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH) is set to withdraw the £200,000-a-year scheme from 30 May. The trust has to make £60m of savings during the 2025-26 financial year, and bosses said they were unable to continue subsidising the service. 'Difficult decision' Only about £3,000 towards the annual cost of the service currently comes from paying passengers, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) bus service was first introduced as a result of previous changes to where staff were removal will not affect the free park-and-ride services for Royal Preston workers, which operate from both Preston Grasshoppers and the Preston Business Centre. Off-site car parking passes are also available at Preston College and St Mary's the Stagecoach 125 service between Preston and Chorley hospitals runs seven days a week, starting earlier and finishing later than the existing free a joint letter to colleagues, LTH chief executive Prof Silas Nicholls and chief people officer Dr Neil Pease said the scrapping of the free bus service was amongst the "difficult decisions" needed to get the trust's finances "back on track".Their statement continued: "Other options, including the service provider charging passengers, reducing the service or running the service ourselves have been considered but we simply haven't been able to find a way to make it work." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
