Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Acquired firm provides facility operations, maintenance and management; logistics support; and facility optimization analysis and planning for many industries, including transportation and U.S. federal, state and local governments.

Through their many business entities, CWT moves more than 500,000 passengers each year throughout the Bay Area, which equates to taking thousands of individual cars off the road.

Although RMJM already has considerable experience in the transportation sector, it has not previously exploited opportunities on a global scale.

The methodology used by the Ethisphere Institute for naming the 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies included reviewing codes of ethics, evaluating the investment in sustainable business practices and reviewing activities designed to improve corporate citizenship.

Includes a Website outlining authorization proposals and supplying facts about America's transportation infrastructure, as well as a host of examples and information on issues ranging from safety and congestion to freight and transit.

Transportation@MIT will start as a two-year pilot program with initial support from all three participating schools. Plans are under way for the development of two labs, one in Cambridge and one outside the U.S., where researchers can apply and test new processes, technologies and policies.

The team will identify and prioritize key highway, bridge, transit, rail, aviation and intermodal spending.

The consecutive 13-month trend of declining driving - between November 2007 and November 2008 - now tops 112 billion VMT, compared to the same 13-month period a year earlier, according to FHWA.

Arizona launches BRT. Bus-only lane benefits outweigh parking woes. Gov. Doyle seeking high-speed rail stimulus funding.

Americans drove 3.5 percent less, or 8.9 billion fewer vehicle miles traveled, in October 2008 than October 2007, making it the sharpest decline of any October since 1971.