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June 17, 2013

Lightning Hybrids, National Fleet partner for hydraulic tech distribution

Partnership will provide access to the hydraulic hybrid-drive system to fleets in New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions.

June 17, 2013

REI debuts Web-based fleet management software

A.R.M.O.R-Insight provides three different tools to help manage information for an entire fleet or for a specific vehicle. It helps illustrate vital statistics that are difficult to manage, such as locating intermittent problems; evaluating fleet and driver performance; and monitoring speed, acceleration and idle time.

June 13, 2013

Under proposed bill, transit benefits would stay higher

Some representatives in Congress are proposing that the $245-a-month in pre-tax benefits that commuters who use public transit now receive become permanent. The benefit is set to expire at the end of the year and would drop to $125 a month.

June 13, 2013

Mo. unveils $2.6M ARRA-funded bus facility

Includes bus storage, maintenance areas and offices for OATS Northeast, which provides demand-response and fixed-route transportation for senior citizens, people with disabilities, and the state’s rural areas.

June 13, 2013

APTA-sponsored 'Dump the Pump' coming June 20

National public transportation awareness day encourages people to “dump the pump” by parking their car and riding public transit instead.

June 13, 2013

Chicago Transit awards new bus overhaul contract

Board awarded a $1.7 million lighting contract to Specialty Manufacturing Inc. LED lighting will replace existing fluorescent and LED interior lights in the more than 1,000 buses that are being overhauled.

June 12, 2013

New Flyer wins Calif. order

Between 2006 and 2012 New Flyer has built and delivered 70, 40-foot CNG buses for GET Transit, which currently has an active fleet of 88 heavy duty buses.

June 11, 2013

L.A. Metro expands art tour program

The Metro Art Moves_DTLA tours are a fresh, new approach that aims to increase transit ridership through volunteer docent and artist led experiences of the Metro system.

June 11, 2013

RIPTA to introduce BRT, bus tracking

The R-Line is RIPTA’s first Rapid Bus Route scheduled to begin service in January of 2014.

June 6, 2013

Sen. Frank Lautenberg dedicated career to transit

Consistently supported train travel, particularly Amtrak. The senator was also responsible for some of the most important transportation policies in the country, including instituting stricter limits on blood alcohol levels for drivers, and increasing the federal drinking age to 21.

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