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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 StaffJanuary 13, 2012

Audit: L.A. lost $23.1M in bus stop ad revenue

According to Controller Wendy Greuel’s analysis of a 2002 contract Los Angeles held with CBS Decaux, the city moved slowly on permitting street furniture, which decreased the ad revenue the city could earn.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

TARC awarded $1M to continue bus service

Will continue frequent bus service for another year on its two most popular routes. Ridership has increased 20% on the routes since last February.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

Amtrak to add vehicles, enhance services

Key actions planned in the new year are building the first units of 70 new electric locomotives and 130 new single-level long-distance cars, the national roll-out of eTicketing to all trains, and the further integration and advancement of Northeast Corridor planning efforts to improve the existing corridor and develop a high-capacity, next-generation high-speed rail system.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

NJ Transit nears completion of diesel bus overhaul

Agency has installed emissions control technology on many of its older buses as part of a long-term statewide strategy designed to reduce air pollution.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

FTA's streetcar conference launches in Oregon

The two-day round-table discussion was held to assist transportation planners from 13 cities around the country to learn how to best implement federally-funded streetcar projects in their communities.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2012

Calif. high-speed rail leadership shakeup

Amid growing criticism of the project, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's Chairman of the Board Thomas J. Umberg announced the resignation of CEO Roelof van Ark, effective in two months.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Study recommends improvements to increase ridership

Results suggest that more direct transit connections to dispersed employment centers, and easier transfers to access these destinations, will help increase transit use for both transit-dependent and choice riders.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Edmonton riders to be scanned for explosives

The federally-funded pilot project will modify ticket machines to find potential terrorist threats in a test of technology aimed at boosting safety for commuters without slowing them down with airport-style holdups.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

Alstom wins London contract

The new fleet will proceed from the conversion of existing Alstom-built fleets based on the Alstom Coradia platform. It will enable around 8,000 extra peak-time passengers to travel into London's Waterloo station every morning, as eight-car trains will be lengthened to run in 10-car formation on certain routes.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2012

SORTA provided 1M rides to low-income workers in 2011

To provide job-related free rides, the Everybody Rides Metro Foundation uses a federal Job Access-Reverse Commute grant that is matched by the partner agencies to provide bus tokens at no charge to low-income residents to connect them to job counseling, interviews, training and exams and job-related child transportation, in addition to transportation to and from work.

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