Whether or not you are a Honeymooners' fan, you'll appreciate the latest video in the "Ralph Kramden" series of BusCon 2013 commercials. As announced last week, you'll enjoy this nostalgic and fun video series promoting BusCon 2013, taking place at Navy Pier, Chicago on September 9 to 11. All previous videos are available here.
Registration for the 18th Annual BusCon Expo, taking place Sept. 9 to 11, 2013 at Chicago’s Navy Pier, is now open.
Bobit Business Media was fortunate enough to have Ralph Kramden impersonator Joe Hanna, and a 1963 GM New Look bus on loan from the City of Torrance, Calif. on hand to shoot the commercials. The first video is now available at the link below. Every week you can look forward to a new message from Ralph. Stay tuned for updates. Be sure to register for BusCon 2013 taking place at Navy Pier, Chicago on September 9 to 11 at BusConExpo.com
Sees an estimated savings of $5,000 to $6,000 a year in maintenance costs alone on the 15 bi-fuel shuttles, and has reduced its fuel spent by 50% compared with gasoline.
Will allow riders on-the-go access to ride schedules and services.
The service provided 8,453 rides last fiscal year, up from 3,520 rides in 2009-10, when the system started operation. Each month, the paratransit service gets 10 to 12 new applications.
Paratransit Services, the Washington-based nonprofit that has operated Lake Transit since 2007, has been in ongoing negotiations for a new three-year contract with members of Teamsters Local 665
Many have gaps greater than three inches between the platform and the train door. N.Y. MTA designers are working on options to mark disabled boarding areas and filling the gaps with higher platforms.
Due to an 11% increase in sales tax revenue, Pierce Transit plans to cancel a 28% cut in service hours that was slated for Sept. 29. The transit system will also forgo eliminating nearly 84 jobs as planned.
Seven days a week, 365 days a year, SamTrans Route 17 makes its way along the winding roads and past the scenic views of the California coast in San Mateo County. Situated sometimes just yards from the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the San Francisco Bay Area, Route 17 is one of seven fixed-route bus lines that serve several small coastal communities, including Half Moon Bay, Montara, Moss Beach, Pacifica and Pescadero.
BusCon is North America's biggest bus show. Anyone involved in buses - including public transit, university transportation, limo bus dealers, and airport transportation - should attend. Anyone who's anyone in the bus industry will be there, says Frank DiGiacomo, Publisher, METRO Magazine. You will see every type of bus on display there, he adds.
Travel training will be the first in a series of mobility management services organized under a consortium dubbed Ways2Go and funded with federal grant funds.
A look at METRO's June 2013 issue.
Operated the service since 2006 and partnered with Manteca Transit over the past seven years as the Dial-A-Ride and fixed-route transit services have evolved.
Eric Drew, services director for a paratransit provider for Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, got help in time for an unresponsive client. Q'Straint selected him for its "Above and Beyond" Award.
Here’s a look at the Bus Roadeos held in North Carolina by the Charlotte Area Transit System and Florida by Palm Tran.
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