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April 13, 2021 Capital Transit has added a battery-electric bus to its fleet. This is the first electric bus owned and operated by a public transit agency in Alaska. “The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) is committed to bringing clean public transportation to its ridership and the community,” says Katie Koester, public works and engineering director of CBJ. “Capital Transit drivers and mechanics have been retraining to operate and maintain the new 40-foot long bus and to learn the nuances of its integrated battery management system. We have eliminated oil changes.” Capital Transit rec...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a new bill to rework the oversight process of the Alaska Marine Highway System.  The bill calls for the creation of the Alaska Marine Highway System Operation and Planning Board, and the dissolving of the Alaska Marine Transportation Advisory Board.  The latter — which included industry experts, former captains, Kodiak Rep. Louise Stutes and others — worked for months on a series of recommendations for the state government. Dunleavy had convened that group as well.  This new group would be tasked with building and updating a short-term plan e...

Monday AM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) finalized the sale of the AMHS vessels Fairweather and Chenega on March 10, 2021, to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas S.A. of Ibiza, Spain. The sale price for Chenega was $3,111,111, and the Fairweather sold for $2,063,333, for a total of $5,174,444. "This sale is a significant milestone in our long-term vision to reshape the Alaska Marine Highway System," said DOT&PF Commissioner John MacKinnon. "Selling the fast ferries is a move to right-size the flee...

March 12, 2021 (KETCHIKAN, Alaska) – On March 10, 2021, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) finalized the sale of the AMHS vessels Fairweather and Chenega to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas S.A. of Ibiza, Spain. The sale price for Chenega was $3,111,111, and the Fairweather sold for $2,063,333, for a total of $5,174,444. AMHS will transfer the proceeds into its Vessel Construction Fund, an account used for future AMHS vessel maintenance and construction. The buyer has taken possession and plans to transport the vessels to Spain in the comin...

CBRM told to put 'free' back into freedom of information request Nova Scotia's information and privacy commissioner says Cape Breton Regional Municipality's estimated fee of nearly $43,000 to answer a FOIPOP request in 2016 is likely the highest ever issued in the province and is "inflated and inaccurate." Social Sharing