MV Transportation
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Expect 16 snazzy new MetroAccess vehicles on the road next month
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Starting next month, WMATA is rolling out 16 of these new MetroAccess vans with some big promises. The new model will be called the "Mobility Vehicle 1," or the MV1, each of which costs about $50,000.
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MetroAccess driver allegedly sleeps at the wheel amid holiday exhaustion
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Did a MetroAccess driver fall asleep at a red light last Friday? Perhaps. But MV Transportation insists that no one worked a shift of more than 15 hours over the recent holiday period and that the service is safe, despite the doubts of its drivers' union.
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MetroAccess vlogger: MV Transportation management is 'absurd,' negligent
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A MetroAccess driver shows how his dispatches ignored their jobs to go tailgate in company vehicles in this bold dispatch released today. Drivers and riders have expressed frustration with MV dispatchers for months — this is just the latest blow.
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How MetroAccess, MV Transportation, and WMATA fail D.C.'s disabled riders
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No one, from MetroAccess passengers to bus drivers, report satisfaction under California-based contractor MV Transportation. How much longer will the contractor continue to govern the WMATA paratransit system for our D.C. area residents with disabilities? The contract is expected to continue through 2013 now.
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Bus operator refuses passenger, shoves him off the bus (video)
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A new video reveals just how frustrating the job of bus operator can become — and shows how hostility can escalate. Watch here as a man who appears to be a Metrobus operator interacts with a potential rider, begins to argue, and physically shoves the man from the bus. Just who shared this video?
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MetroAccess bus driver on long hours: 'This is absolute slavery' (video)
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Today a disturbing and sad video from a driver illustrates the dangers of the 13-hour schedules imposed on the drivers six weeks ago. A drivers' union has begun protesting them this week.
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MetroAccess bus drivers rally against MV Transportation, long hours
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MV Transportation, the company that operates MetroAccess, scheduled its drivers to work 13-hour shifts about six weeks ago, but drivers say it's too tiring and that sooner or later, someone will end up dead. Today they marched to protest the dangers.
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