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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 StaffDecember 15, 2011

Report: Seon ranked #1 mobile video surveillance provider

Company's fleet management and mobile surveillance solutions deliver industrial-strength hardware; enterprise-level software; high-performance wireless systems, and Web-based access to live, real-time vehicle data anywhere, any time.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

Bombardier wins German light rail contract

The new LRVs are scheduled to be delivered between January 2014 and June 2017; the new trams will arrive in Frankfurt/Main between August and December 2012.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

AECOM wins New Orleans streetcar contract

Will prepare final design documents for the second phase of the expansion, which spans more than a mile of the established Rampart/St. Claude transit corridor in the heart of the city and serves the French Quarter as well as other historic neighborhoods.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

TriMet bolsters fare enforcement, revenues

Riders now have an 83% chance of either getting a $175 citation or an exclusion if they don't have a valid fare. A year ago, those odds were 35%. Additionally, the agency has been awarded a federal grant to hire four additional transit police officers, which includes a K-9 unit.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

Chicago Transit to add electric vehicle charging stations

Four charging stations will serve vehicles used by Chicago car-sharing services I-Go and Zipcar — both of which are expanding their fleets to include electric vehicles — at the first charging facilities at a CTA station.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

Detroit pulls plug on light rail, favors bus rapid transit

The minimum estimated costs for the light rail project reached $550 million, with no guarantees for operating funding.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

Nashville study finds BRT half as costly as streetcars

Estimates a BRT system would cost $136 million to construct, less than half the $275 million required for streetcars. The number of trips riders would make on either system would be about the same, 4,500 average weekday trips on BRT versus 4,800 on streetcars in the first year.

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Newsby StaffDecember 15, 2011

MBTA conductor honored for uncovering fare fraud scheme

Investigation began in March of the possible production and sale of illegal MBTA passes after Conductor John Slyman noticed that a customer's monthly pass appeared to be the wrong color.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2011

Nova Bus wins Trans-Expo award

Held in Toronto in November, the annual exhibit, held in conjunction with the Canadian Urban Transit Association Fall Conference, attracts more than 1,000 decision-makers in the transportation industry.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2011

Calif. high-speed rail board chooses 'hybrid alternative'

Since its August 2011 release, Central Valley residents submitted more than 2,500 public comments in response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Merced to Fresno section. In addition, more than 350 people attended the board meeting and more than 150 people in the audience addressed the board.

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