Metro Magazine

Motorcoach

Megabus to enhance ADA training for employees

Will provide refresher training to its employees and contractors regarding ADA requirements. The operator also will improve and modify, where needed, its written procedures to ensure that persons with disabilities receive accessible transportation within the meaning of the ADA.

Surveillance DVR

Surveillance DVR

Radio Engineering Industries Inc. (REI) adds the SD40, a compact, lightweight, solid-state DVR to its family of BUS-WATCH digital video surveillance systems for mass transit systems and school buses.

Adaptive Cruise Braking

Adaptive Cruise Braking

Prevost Aware - Adaptive Cruise Braking by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, an option for H-Series motorcoach models, delivers warnings and proactive interventions that can help coach drivers avoid collisions.

Mobile DVRs

Mobile DVRs

Angel Trax expanded its Hybrid Component Series mobile DVR line to include the new Hybrid Quest and Hybrid Vault. These DVRs feature wireless compatibility and instant system health checks, enabling fleet directors to gain enhanced insight into their operations.

WTS, U.S. DOT launch girls’ education initiative

The joint initiative will kick off at the Women’s Transportation Seminar annual awards dinner on May 18 in San Francisco. It will introduce girls ages 13 to 18 to a variety of transportation careers through hands‐on interactive activities and mentoring programs.

APTA: Transit users save $10,230 annually

Since last month, gas prices rose another 14 cents, allowing transit riders to save an additional $10 this month. Gas prices have risen nearly $1 since the beginning of 2011, making annual transit saving $115 higher this month, compared to last.

Indiana bans texting while driving

Under the new law, effective July 1, violators face a maximum fine of $500. The law extends the state's current texting ban to all drivers. Drivers under 18 are also prohibited from all cell phone use.

ABA donates $30K to Alabama tornado victims

In addition to reaching out to local operators to gauge the impact of the damage on their operations and their communities through a phone-based outreach campaign, board members at the 2011 ABA Spring board of directors meeting, which took place in Birmingham, raised the funds.

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