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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 StaffAugust 2, 2012

Clean Energy releases natural gas customer list

List includes trucking companies, refuse haulers, fleet operators, airports, municipalities and other organizations that have signed new or expanded existing agreements with the company.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2012

More D.C. Metro riders biking to stations

The agency’s most recent bicycle parking census shows that bike parking usage in 2012 is up 3% from last year and the availability of bicycle parking near Metrorail stations has increased to more than 4,000 spaces.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Mass. agency extends Veolia contract

The contract, which went into effect on July 1, 2012, is for one year with four one-year options.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Fla.’s Tri-Rail ridership doubled since 2010

The agency’s free shuttles to corporate parks, shopping centers and downtown at many of its stations caused the uptick. In 2010, 444,298 people boarded the shuttles. This year, 935,919 used the buses.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2012

TransLink tweeting warnings to fare cheats

Posting updates of where and when some SkyTrain fare stings will run. The agency estimates it loses $7 million a year through fare evasion.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2012

Double-deck bus crash kills one woman

The bus, carrying 64 passengers, apparently blew a tire and skidded into the center pillar around 1:20 p.m. near Litchfield, about 60 miles north of St. Louis. As many as half the people on the bus were injured.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2012

Siemens to equip Honolulu rail

Received a multi-million dollar order from Ansaldo Honolulu JV to electrify the track for the new system. The system is the first for Hawaii and is scheduled to be completed in 2019.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2012

OL: Pedestrian-rail crossing deaths up

While highway-rail crossing collisions are down slightly, deaths and injuries from crossing crashes and pedestrian-train incidents rose in the first four months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2012

Minn. Metro cuts Northstar fares

Most weekday trips on the Northstar Commuter Rail will cost $1 less beginning Aug. 1. The initiative kicks off a promotional campaign to show commuters in the Northwest metropolitan area that now is the time to try Northstar.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2012

Honolulu rail to create thousands of jobs

Within two years there will be 4,000 people working on the its rail project, HART says. Right now there are 1,400 people working on the rail project.

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