Jeffrey Runge, a specialist in emergency medicine, has been tabbed by President Bush as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Read More →Cleveland to host BusCon 2001, the only conference and trade show to focus on the small and medium-duty bus market. Show is scheduled Sept. 9 to 11.
Read More →Earning an air brake endorsement doesn't mean that a driver fully understands the air brake system. Here's a primer that will help to fill in the gaps.
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Roger Snoble has accepted a $295,000-per-year position as chief executive of L.A.'s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Leaving his comfortable post at Dallas Area Rapid Transit wasn't easy, but Snoble says he works best when he's scared.
Read More →The FTA, in conjunction with WestStart, launched a vehicle design competition late last year called "Bus Rapid Transit and the American Community." Here are the winners.
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In the Steel City, a light rail revival that began in the mid-1980s is accelerating with an ambitious plan to effectively double the size of the system in the next two years.
Read More →Transit properties increasingly are taking advantage of collaborative efforts, such as joint procurements, piggyback orders and buying off state contracts, to meet their vehicle acquisition needs.
Read More →England's Railtrack asked the army for hundreds of skilled recruits to fill shortages of engineers and signaling staff.
Read More →The first passenger train between Turkey and Iraq for nearly 20 years arrived in the Iraqi city of Mosul in May.
Read More →Finding itself $1.2 billion in debt, Taiwan's state-owned long-distance bus operator Taiwan Motor Transport Co. shut down at the end of June.
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