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Nassau bus riders lament planned cuts

A new Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus in

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | A new Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus in Garden City. (Jan. 1, 2012)

Joye Brown

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Riders at the bus station in Hempstead had a few things to say about Veolia Transportation and how it runs the bus system. Nice things.

More than a dozen riders interviewed Monday morning and afternoon praised the new operator -- which assumed management of Nassau County's bus routes in January.

"The buses are cleaner and the drivers seem to be kinder and more compassionate, too, especially...

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