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Backup camera system

Backup camera system

The new Smart-Vision STSK6630 Rearview Mirror/Monitor backup camera system for large buses is a more advanced driver aid that includes a camera mounted on the back of the bus, sending images to a monitor installed inside the rearview mirror.

Particulate filter cleaner

Particulate filter cleaner

The new OTC Portable DPF Cleaner was designed with shop service in mind. Its portability allows the unit to be placed as close to the vehicle as possible and stored wherever needed in the service facility.

Onboard video surveillance

Onboard video surveillance

The CoPilot, a versatile onboard video surveillance and driver behavior modification system, features dual built-in cameras; real-time driver alerts; continuous capture; wireless upload; solid state storage; passive GPS and a three-axis G-Force inertia sensor.

32-passenger bus

32-passenger bus

Diamond Coach Corp.’s new VIP 3201 features a 102-inch wide body, with available seating options for up to 32 passengers in spacious 19-inch-wide seats.

Rolling Pit Jack

Rolling Pit Jack

Stertil-Koni’s free-standing rolling pit jack, with a capacity of 30,000 pounds, is designed to safely operate on the pit fl oor entirely independent of upper pit edges.

Disc brake pads

Disc brake pads

QuietCast Medium Duty Pads are designed to give medium-duty vehicles superior braking performance, stopping power, increased pad life, quiet stops, low dust and great pedal feel.

Drum brake lock

Drum brake lock

The new Abex RSD drum brake block includes three application-specific formulations engineered to enhance overall performance while meeting the new FMVSS 121-reduced stopping distance requirements.

N.C. town council deadlocks over bus ads

Twenty speakers came before Chapel Hill's town council to address the town's bus ad policy, which does not allow religious or political ads on transit vehicles. Three quarters of the speakers were in favor of permitting the currently banned ads.

CTA, unions reach agreement

Provides for afternoon and evening shifts, which will be paid at straight time instead of overtime, and there will be greater flexibility in shift starting times. These are changes that will save around $750,000 annually.

Wash. transit to raise fares

Effective January 1, Everett Transit will increase its fares by 25 cents for most riders. City raised fares to offset rising fuel prices and expects to generate $400,000 to $480,000 in extra revenue next year.

FTA releases list of eligible Section 5307 transit agencies

Eligible operators are public entities that operate fixed-route bus service with 100 or fewer buses in maximum peak hour service. This provision does not affect the continued availability of operating assistance for public transportation operators in urbanized areas with populations between 50,000 and 199,999.

LSU asks students to rename shuttle service

The new name for Campus Transit is intended to clear up any confusion between the call-in shuttle service and the university’s bus service Tiger Trails. The name will appear on the shuttles once two new vehicles are added to the fleet.

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