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Bus drivers and mechanics for NCTD allege they are owed thousands of dollars in accrued vacation, sick and personal time from First Transit, a national company that operated NCTD’s bus service for the past seven years under a $178 million contract. Read More »
A San Diego public transportation agency spent more than $100,000 to fight a public records act request, eventually producing a partial summary of a leadership competency assessment. Read More »
inewsource spoke with both lawyers, jurors and an NCTD board member to get their take on the case. Read More »
Former NCTD managers went on the record alleging Matthew Tucker harassed, intimidated and bullied older female employees for years at the San Diego transportation agency. Read More »
A recent crane accident at the Escondido Transit Center highlights ongoing safety concerns at San Diego's North County Transit District. Read More »
Newsletter for May 27, 2015 Read More »
A look back at the biggest stories inewsource produced in 2014. Read More »
There’s just no loyalty these days. Our intrepid data reporter Joe Yerardi found that all-in-all, an even 100 PACs that contributed to Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray in 2012 are donating to Democratic Congressman Scott Peters this election cycle. Why? According to one expert, the power of incumbency — the ability to make policy — is driving this mass PAC defection ... Read More »
“The Rady documents” detail the strengths and weaknesses of more than a dozen senior managers at the public transit agency. inewsource has sued for their release. Read More »
The North County Transit District has gone through a major transition since Matthew Tucker was hired as executive director just more than five years ago. News reports by KPBS media partner, inewsource, have revealed a troubled public agency that has problems with its contractors and is now seeing an unusually high turnover of its management staff. As inewsource reports: NCTD ... Read More »