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(Runtime 1:16) A three-day service outage earlier this month at the Moscow-based nonprofit Smart Transit was caused by a lapse in insurance coverage, said…

NWPB's Dori Luzzo Gilmour reports on a transportation advocacy group concerned about proposed cuts to public transit in the Tri-Cities / Runtime - 1:32A…

NWPB's Dori Luzzo Gilmour reports on a proposal to cut millions from public transportation in the Tri-Cities / Runtime - 1:39The Ben Franklin Transit…

More folks from Northwest government and industry are jumping on the hydrogen bandwagon to test if the alternative fuel could be a viable and green replacement for diesel and gasoline in some situations. The potential converts include more than half a dozen transit agencies from Everett to Eugene, state legislators and Boeing's drone subsidiary in the Columbia River Gorge.

The order, issued late Friday, will require masks to be worn by "all passengers on public conveyances" traveling into or within the United States, including airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis and ride-shares. Coverings will also be required at transportation hubs like airports, bus terminals and train or subway stations. The new guidelines take effect at 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 1.

As of the New Year, no bus fare is needed to ride the Olympia area's Intercity Transit. On Wednesday, the transit agency became the largest in the Pacific Northwest to eliminate fare collection, leapfrogging Corvallis and Missoula which did so earlier.