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'Urbanized' documentary to be screened Feb. 27 at Western		2012-02-23
Snow, calendar led WTA to highest bus efficiency ever in January	Whatcom Transportation Authority had the most passenger boardings per hour in its history in January, but the achievement was partially attributed to weather and the luck of the calendar. The agency had a total of 511,566 passenger boardings on its fixed-route buses in January, or 48.2…	2012-02-22
WTA approves extension of �� student bus pass contract	Whatcom Transportation Authority's board unanimously approved a deal with Western Washington University that would extend the student universal bus pass program for five years. The board on Thursday, Feb. 9, voted 9-0 to approve the five-year contract extension. The deal is still…	2012-02-10
WTA to consider five-year bulk student pass deal with ��	Western Washington University students would continue to receive bus passes purchased through a student fee, under a deal Whatcom Transportation Authority is likely to approve. But that's only if students this fall approve a five-year extension of the fee that buys the passes. …	2012-02-07
Sub-zero-like temps can't close Western Wash. University	North of Bellingham, along the road they call the Guide Meridian to Lynden, snow blew across the highway Wednesday, blinding at times, reaching 50 miles per hour. Temperatures never got out of the teens. The high was only 18 degrees at 5:00 p.m. But with the wind chill, it felt a…	2012-01-19
Bellingham: Less snow, way more cold	For Whatcom County residents, most scenes of Wednesday's heavy snowfall were on TV, from the Seattle area. The region near the Canadian border was struck instead by what qualifies as a typical, powerful blast of winter cold that began advancing from British Columbia Tuesday evening, flash-…	2012-01-19
Bellingham moves to expand WTA bus service on Sundays and evenings	The City Council has taken the first step toward a small expansion of Whatcom Transportation Authority bus service on evenings and Sundays, but the changes likely won't take effect before September 2012. Council members, in their role as the Transportation Benefit District board,…	2011-12-13
Winter bus passes on sale now		2011-12-12
Weekend could hold winter weather at ��		2011-11-16
Bellingham to spend more money on bus service	City leaders will consider buying more bus service with money from the 2010 voter-approved sales tax increase, although they don't yet know which areas the buses will serve. The citywide Transportation Benefit District, which is governed by the City Council wearing a different hat,…	2011-11-15

'Urbanized' documentary to be screened Feb. 27 at Western

2012-02-23

Snow, calendar led WTA to highest bus efficiency ever in January

Whatcom Transportation Authority had the most passenger boardings per hour in its history in January, but the achievement was partially attributed to weather and the luck of the calendar.
The agency had a total of 511,566 passenger boardings on its fixed-route buses in January, or 48.2…

2012-02-22

WTA approves extension of �� student bus pass contract

Whatcom Transportation Authority's board unanimously approved a deal with Western Washington University that would extend the student universal bus pass program for five years.
The board on Thursday, Feb. 9, voted 9-0 to approve the five-year contract extension. The deal is still…

2012-02-10

WTA to consider five-year bulk student pass deal with ��

Western Washington University students would continue to receive bus passes purchased through a student fee, under a deal Whatcom Transportation Authority is likely to approve.
But that's only if students this fall approve a five-year extension of the fee that buys the passes.
…

2012-02-07

Sub-zero-like temps can't close Western Wash. University

North of Bellingham, along the road they call the Guide Meridian to Lynden, snow blew across the highway Wednesday, blinding at times, reaching 50 miles per hour.
Temperatures never got out of the teens. The high was only 18 degrees at 5:00 p.m. But with the wind chill, it felt a…

2012-01-19

Bellingham: Less snow, way more cold

For Whatcom County residents, most scenes of Wednesday's heavy snowfall were on TV, from the Seattle area. The region near the Canadian border was struck instead by what qualifies as a typical, powerful blast of winter cold that began advancing from British Columbia Tuesday evening, flash-…

2012-01-19

Bellingham moves to expand WTA bus service on Sundays and evenings

The City Council has taken the first step toward a small expansion of Whatcom Transportation Authority bus service on evenings and Sundays, but the changes likely won't take effect before September 2012.
Council members, in their role as the Transportation Benefit District board,…

2011-12-13

Winter bus passes on sale now

2011-12-12

Weekend could hold winter weather at ��

2011-11-16

Bellingham to spend more money on bus service

City leaders will consider buying more bus service with money from the 2010 voter-approved sales tax increase, although they don't yet know which areas the buses will serve.
The citywide Transportation Benefit District, which is governed by the City Council wearing a different hat,…

2011-11-15

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