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Bus raises the roof on great outdoors

The Jubilee BarrierFree – Everybody Bus will feature a low floor, rear driver, optional tracks for winter weather and a retractable roof for increased visibility.

Briefs from around the globe

News from Serbia, the Middle East and New Zealand

Stagecoach sells off Hong Kong operations

Stagecoach Group plc sold its Hong Kong Citybus operations for $292 million to Chow Tai Fook Enterprises.

Deutsche Bahn rival Connex starts long-distance route

The 566-mile stretch from Rostock to Cologne via Berlin will run once daily in each direction.

Out-of-service rates for motorcoaches down 2%

Out-of-service rates for motorcoaches decreased from 11.7% to 9.5% during this year’s Roadcheck 2003.

LACMTA thrill ride promotes rail safety, community awareness

Dubbed the “Metro Experience,” the ride is a traveling theater, complete with a 16-by-9-foot screen, surround sound and 4D effects by way of vibrating seats and strobe lighting.

Atlanta battles sprawl with project competition

Twenty years from now, Atlanta, once ridiculed as the “Queen of Sprawl,” may be transformed into a landscape traversed by commuter rail, light rail, buses and pedestrian paths that link neighborhoods and communities.

‘Queue jumpers’ improve speed, safety of buses in Troy, N.Y.

The queue jumpers are signal devices that give buses priority at intersections by allowing them to move ahead of other motorists in parallel lanes.

Transit, police authorities boost community confidence

In Wilmington, Del., and Snohomish County, Wash., transit agencies have partnered with local police to provide better safety for passengers and employees.

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