BUS AND RAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Sound Transit completes $1.9B Seattle rail tunnel link
There are now twin tunnels running 3.1 miles between downtown Seattle and the University...
Questions raised about Calif. HSR on-time completion
At a cost of $6 billion for building the first 130-mile segment through the Central...
NHTSA proposes electronic stability control rule for buses, coaches
Agency research shows the technology could prevent up to 56% of rollover crashes...
MV, First Transit win Sun Metro contracts
The total estimated cost for both contracts is $43.4 million. The contracts are for...
L.B. Foster to sell railway securement business
Acquired the shipping systems division as part of its acquisition of Portec Rail...
Bombardier supplied Atlanta airport APM expands
System at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport first opened in September 1980. Since opening,...

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MAGAZINE

MAY 2012

IN THIS ISSUE:

Long Beach Transit Takes Innovative Path

Adding CNG vehicles to its diverse fleet, building a fueling facility and refurbishing its maintenance garage are some of the projects the system has on its plate. VIEW MORE

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Lights! Camera! Transit!

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars aren’t the leading women and men you might think. These “celebrities” are larger than life, yet don’t demand top billing — they’re the transit systems that often play key roles in blockbuster films and TV hits.

In the still of the night

Greetings! I would like to answer the following question sent to me and thank the transit professional for doing so: "Just this week, we have had three bus accidents. One type of ‘repeater accident’ has been occurring in the garage involving the driver’s left rear side of our 45-foot [bus]. When turning right, the left rear driver’s side swings out and catches the roof support pole. The last two accidents took out the rear side glass. I need some preventive ideas.”

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