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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Shutdown may imperil bonds backed by fed transit aid

Bloomberg data shows that at least $10 billion of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles sold by states or transit systems and backed by federal highway or transportation aid are outstanding in the $3.7 trillion muni market. While federal funds will continue to pay debt on the highway bonds, appropriations for the securities through the FTA would be affected by the shutdown.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

FTA, Kansas City celebrate transit improvements

The projects were funded primarily with a $10.5 million 2009 U.S. DOT Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Lilee Systems, Alstom debut comm. system for PTC

Once in place, the CMU-2000 family of communications manager units will enhance the safety and performance of passenger rail service by enabling fast, reliable transmission of PTC data signals and commands.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

APTA Report: 70% of millennials go multimodal

The study shows that while car-sharing, bike-sharing, walking and car ownership will all play a part in the multi-modal network, public transportation is ranked highest as the best mode to connect to all other modes, according to 54% of millennials polled.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Experts talk financing projects via P3s at APTA

“If you’ve seen one public-private partnership (P3), you’ve seen one public-private partnership,” was a recurring theme in the “Financing New Projects in the U.S.” session.

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Newsby StaffOctober 1, 2013

Mayor: Transit key to Chicago's economic edge

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the featured speaker at APTA’s 2013 Annual Meeting Opening General Session on Monday.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Chicago Transit Authority enhances customer service with new initiatives

The agency operates the nation’s second largest public transportation system. On an average weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken on the system.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Pace addresses paratransit growth with outreach

In 2006, Pace assumed responsibility for paratransit operations in Chicago from the CTA. Prior to that, the agency ran paratransit only in the suburbs.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Question of the Day- What do you like about your job?

As part of the APTA Annual Meeting, METRO asked top executives what they liked about their job. Here are their answers.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Roaring Fork taps Trapeze asset management system

Exceeding the FTA's requirements, RFTA can choose to use the State of Good Repair and Capital Planning modules to track all assets, their condition and their capital replacement schedules,

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