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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 StaffSeptember 28, 2012

MBCR A/C sets efficiency record

MBCR, which operates a fleet of coaches that average more than 24 years in age, with some cars that are nearly 40 years old, reported an average of less than one air conditioning malfunction per day from June 1 until September 15th for the 356 passenger coaches used in daily service.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 28, 2012

Chicago RTA releases Regional Report Card

The recently-released performance measures reports analyzed how the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace fared in the areas of service coverage, service efficiency and effectiveness, service delivery, service maintenance and capital investment, and service level solvency.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 28, 2012

More fraudulent U.S. DOT letters ask for bank info

An attempt to obtain banking information from the targeted motor carriers, they appear to be from the U.S. DOT Procurement Office. They are signed by a fictitious name — Julie Weynel, senior procurement officer — who is not an employee of U.S. DOT.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 28, 2012

D.C. Metro, LivingSocial partner on late night service

LivingSocial will underwrite at least one hour and up to two hours of extended Metrorail service for all rides originating from Navy Yard-Ballpark station after home evening post-season games in October and November.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 28, 2012

N.Y. MTA revises advertising standards

The modification was prompted by a recent federal court decision that determined that MTA's "no demeaning standard" — a standard that had prohibited ads containing "images or information that demean an individual or group of individuals on account of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation" — was unconstitutional.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2012

ABA taps St. Louis for 2015 Marketplace

More than 3,000 attendees are estimated to attend Marketplace 2015. Marketplace is the show where business gets done, generating nearly $80 million dollars for the delegates, suppliers and host city in 2012.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2012

Chicago Transit, Pace unveil open fare payment

Beginning in summer 2013, Ventra will enable customers to pay for rides with contactless payment methods, including Ventra Cards; Ventra Tickets for single-ride and one-day passes; and personal bank-issued debit and credit cards equipped with a contactless chip.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2012

Arboc rolls out 1,000th bus, organizational changes

For founders Jim Bartel and Don Roberts, the 1,000th bus was momentous, proving ARBOC has a proven product, according to the company.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2012

Pa. Gov. signs public-private partnerships bill

Act allows for a board to examine and approve potential public-private transportation projects. If the board determines a state operation would be more cost-effectively administered by a private company, the company will be authorized to either completely or partially take over that operation.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2012

New Flyer wins 80-bus NYCT order

In the last two years, New Flyer has delivered 385 low-floor 40-foot CNG buses and recently built 90 40-foot Xcelsior clean diesel buses — both fleets currently operating in New York. In July 2012, NYCT assigned a contract they held with Daimler Buses North America Inc. to New Flyer to build an additional 74 40-foot CNG buses.

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