Valley Metro Rail’s 3.1-mile Central Mesa light rail extension, which includes four new stations along Main Street, was added to the rail line to meet the growing transit demands in the city’s East Valley section.
Mountain Line, a public transit service in Missoula, Mont., has seen a 37% increase in ridership since it stopped collecting fares in January of this year.
There is no one-size-fits-all for CNG infrastructure solutions, because different transit fleets face different needs, capabilities and constraints. But, transit agencies can capture significantly higher performance at lower costs and in less time by using best-value DBOM contracting when compared to using a traditional least-cost DBB model.
Several manufacturers unveiled new vehicles, including ABC Companies and Micro Bird Commercial, as well as those new to the U.S. market by Karsan and Indbus. All told, 145 exhibitors, with more than 50 new to the annual event, packed the show floor.
The Final Rule addresses three key areas concerning driver coercion: procedures for commercial truck and bus drivers to report incidents of coercion to the FMCSA, steps the agency could take when responding to such allegations and penalties that may be imposed on entities found to have coerced drivers.