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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 StaffMarch 28, 2013

Google Maps adding more live transit info

New York City, Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City users can now access live departure times on rail lines.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2013

ABA Report: Marketplace generated $108M in business for attendees

The report, conducted by the New York economic consulting firm John Dunham and Associates, duplicates a study following Marketplace 2012 in Grapevine, Texas, with the $108.3 million figure representing a $30 million increase from 2012 to 2013

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2013

D.C. Metro launches new mobile website

Features include real-time train arrival times, number of cars and destination for any of Metro's rail stations; Next Bus, which uses a customer's GPS location to display bus arrival predictions for all nearby bus stops; and Service Nearby, letting customers to see all bus and rail transit service near their current location.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2013

Twin Cities' Metro to launch Red Line BRT in June

The 11-mile line will provide station-to-station service from the Apple Valley Transit Station to the Mall of America, where it will connect with Blue Line (formerly Hiawatha Line) trains for easy travel to the airport, Metrodome, downtown Minneapolis and Target Field.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

Long haul likely for Calif. Sprinter brake fix

The agency hopes to receive replacement parts by late April and install and test them in May, but requires regulatory approvals before it can return any of its trains to service.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

Tampa Mayor calls for more rail, BRT

Bob Buckhorn also alluded to Gov. Rick Scott's decision to turn away $2 billion from the Obama Administration to build high-speed rail from Tampa to Orlando, by saying that he will try to find people in Tallahassee that will support his plan.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

Sonoma Marin rail GM talks progress, expansion, cost savings

Farhad Mansourian, GM of SMART, the commuter rail system currently under construction, discusses the status of the project, rider experience comparisons, proposals for connections and, system expansion and cost savings.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

Study: HSR improves quality of urban life

Public policy and economics experts from UCLA and China’s Tsinghua University found that high-speed rail fuels real estate booms, reduces commuting times for those traveling to big cities, eases congestion in those cities and gives smaller towns more access to metropolitan hubs.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

Bombardier consortium wins South African re-signaling project

The total contract is valued at approximately $122 million, with Bombardier’s share valued at approximately $34 million.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

National Interstate, TAPTCO partner for driver training

Will be offering the course to customers at preferred pricing.

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