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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 17, 2012

Chicago campus suspends shuttle due to ridership decline

Roosevelt University suspended its shuttle service to the Schaumburg campus, which cost $200,000 annually, and is replacing it with PACE bus service.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

U. of Wis. students decry bus route changes

Changes were made because of a budget deficit of $1 million and campus area construction have resulted in fewer routes and longer wait times.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

Tenn. U. bus drivers screened for meningitis

Middle Tennessee State University shuttle bus drivers, concerned over a student’s death from bacterial meningitis and a fellow off-duty bus driver being taken to the hospital for respiratory problems, visited health services on campus to be tested.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

Riverside Transit receives $2.4M for CNG buses

Funds are provided through the FTA’s FY2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

MARTA, Apollo team for surveillance camera pilot

Each bus has 11 cameras; three outside and eight inside. There’s also a 17-inch, full-color monitor mounted behind the driver that lets customers view themselves and their surroundings in real time.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

Sun Metro awarded $1.2M CNG grant

The award is one of 27 nationwide and the only one in Texas chosen to share more than $59 million from the 2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

BusCon honors top under 40-foot fleets

On hand to present the awards was past President of the MSBMA and President of Champion Bus John Resnik. Chicago area-based Pace Suburban Bus was the top agency, with more than 1,400 vehicles.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

Top MARTA execs up for MBTA GM post

Finalists for the position are Beverly Scott, CEO/GM of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, and the agency's current deputy GM/COO, Dwight Ferrell.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2012

Chicago RTA proposes transit improvement plan

The $2.5 billion initiative calls for issuing a series of bonds over the next five years, averaging about $500 million in capital improvement dollars each year. While each agency would be able to prioritize the projects to fund, the RTA has an existing list of backlogged projects it will reference before approving expenditures.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2012

FTA releases $59M for clean energy buses

FY 2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program will help transit agencies purchase and support cleaner, greener buses. Recipients include St. Cloud, Minn., which will receive $3.3 million to renovate its Metro Bus Operations Center, and the Transit Authority of River City in Louisville, Ky., which will receive $4.4 million to replace outdated, high-emission trolley cars with zero-emission buses.

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