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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 StaffOctober 17, 2011

Miss. State U. planning free transit system

The university is partnering with the city of Starkville to revive and upgrade a transit system that last operated five years ago. A transportation committee is applying for a Mississippi Department of Transportation public transit grant by March 2012.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2011

Canada college adds buses for enrollment spike, but contends with costs

Niagara College's Niagara-on-the-Lake campus reached an agreement with St. Catharines Transit to increase service. While the additional service is meeting the extra demand, the college is struggling with year-over-year inflationary increases passed on by the transit system.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2011

Ohio State U. bus system key to multimodal approach

CABS is just one way OSU is promoting a switch to a more environmentally-friendly, multimodal approach to transit to help reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions and traffic congestion on campus.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2011

W. Virginia U. displays PRT system at sustainability event

Introduced representatives from 15 higher education institutions from the U.S. and Canada to its Personal Rapid Transit system at the annual Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference in Pittsburgh.

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Newsby StaffOctober 17, 2011

U. of Colorado – Boulder plans for car free campus

Prompted by pedestrian safety issues, the university chancellor would like the main campus to be closed to cars, with off-campus parking and a shuttle system.

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Newsby StaffOctober 14, 2011

Mich.-based MAX receives $2M fed grant

New bus facility will cost an estimated $4.2 million. About $2.2 million in federal funds were awarded to MAX in 2006 and 2007 and will fund the first two phases of the project.

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Newsby StaffOctober 14, 2011

Calif. Metrolink opens new parking structure

Serving approximately 800 daily passengers, the station has enhanced its parking facilities to account for anticipated future growth. The parking lot previously accommodated 300 vehicles and was at capacity.

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Newsby StaffOctober 14, 2011

APTA: PT users save $9,824 annually

The savings are based on the October 13, 2011 average national gas price and the national unreserved monthly parking rate.

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Newsby StaffOctober 13, 2011

Chicago’s Pace bus drivers honored for safety

Twenty-five bus operators won the National Safety Council’s "Million Mile" award for 2011. The program rewards safe driving for professionals who have gone 12.5 years without a preventable accident. Five of the drivers have reached the two million mile plateau for driving 25 years without a preventable accident.

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Newsby StaffOctober 13, 2011

Conn. awards $5M for transit planning, development

Hartford is receiving $730,000 for site plan and development analysis and the creation of a public-private partnership to facilitate "transit-oriented development" around its downtown Union Station.

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