Canada improves accessibility standards
The update reflects the evolution of services offered to travelers with a disability since the original Code was issued in 1998.
The update reflects the evolution of services offered to travelers with a disability since the original Code was issued in 1998.
The upgrade has positioned the agency to achieve hoped-for improvements in productivity and customer service while also establishing a reliable foundation for monitoring vehicle efficiencies.
The new contract, which was effective July 1, 2011, extends MV's term for an additional two years and represents more than $216 million in annual revenue.
Constructing the first of two turbines, one of which will be funded by a federal grant. The first turbine will generate enough power to cover 65 percent of Kingston Station’s electricity. The second will power a rail station and generate surplus electricity for the agency to sell.
Buses will pick up and drop off fans from designated stops named QB Sneak, Cheesehead, Lambeau Leap and Quick Slant.
Will sponsor three open houses on Aug. 29 at its Sales and Service Centers to display the company’s pre-owned motorcoach inventory in advance of an online auction of 35 pre-owned coaches that will run Aug. 30 to Aug. 31.
A Secret Service spokesman stressed the bus wasn't purchased solely for the president and would be used for other dignitaries in the future.
Over the next two years, the transit agency expects to deploy nine new CNG fixed-route 32-passenger buses and 17 CNG paratransit buses as replacements for 50 percent of the diesel models in its fleet.
Chose not to disrupt cell phone service as it did during last week’s protests over an agency police officer’s shooting of a homeless man. Blocking cellphone service sparked cyber attacks from an activist group and a legal challenge from the FCC.
The rally of support for the new light rail system holds significant value for INIT staff due to the use of INIT's Automatic Passenger Counting technology onboard the new Siemens S70 vehicles.
Users will be able to access the Internet or their e-mail accounts from their laptop computers or Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices.
A key component of the implementation included utilizing Drupal as the CMS platform for website development. Through the client design and strategy review process, MA was also able to introduce key elements of social media, content marketing and SEO strategy into the Drupal driven website design.
Groupe Orléans Express took five new and six pre-owned J4500 coaches, and equipped them with bike racks. Eight of the coaches also feature wheelchair lifts. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department added three new MCI purpose-built 2011 Inmate Security Transportation Vehicles to its fleet.
The case has cost the authority more than $230,000, based on the agency's response to an ACLU Right to Know request in September 2009. If the agency does not appeal the case further or loses the appeal, it would end up paying the plaintiff's legal costs, which were more than $300,000 at the end of the district court trial.
Jim Maust, who drove for Perkiomen Motorcoach for 11 years, wrote about his on-the-job adventures in “From the Driver’s Seat,” released about a month ago.
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