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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 4, 2011

Bombardier unveils light rail platform, e-mobility solution

Microsite www.apta.bombardier.com offers an overview on the most important sustainable mobility solutions Bombardier will showcase this year. The manufacturer will aslo launch its new light rail vehicle platform specifically designed for the North American market.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

MV Transportation selects new CEO

R. Carter Pate joined the company as its new CEO in August. Pate comes to MV with more than 33 years of consulting, management and executive leadership experience spanning the full spectrum of business operations and finance in both the public and private sectors.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

CCW to offer Navistar's MaxxForce 9

The new diesel option is especially suited to vehicle repowers for public transit authorities committed to improving air quality and reducing environmental problems.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

NABI to feature BRT vehicles

The NABI BRT has been engineered and "Whole Bus Tested" at the Altoona Bus Testing Center as a heavy-heavy-duty transit bus and is equipped with a proven structure and industry standard components for dedicated BRT operation as well as regular fixed-route service.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

EXPO opening session focuses on New Orleans rebirth, leadership changes

While the list of speakers covered regions from East to West, the basic message was clear: this is a trying time for our country, and specifically the public transportation industry, but everyone must take their seat at the table to make their voice heard.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

BAE launches HybriDrive for artic buses

The hybrid-electric propulsion system saves an additional 10-20 percent on fuel for bus fleets, which doesn’t include the other 10 percent in fuel savings made possible through a new idling function.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Capitol Hill view of reauthorization prospects still murky

Moderated by J. Barry Barker Jr., executive director of the Transit Authority of River City in Louisville, Ky., the session featured insights from key bipartisan congressional staff members.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Cummins to meet diagnostics, emission regs by 2013

Cummins GM, worldwide bus business, Tom Hodek said the company will meet the OBD as well as the GHG and fuel-efficiency requirements by Jan. 1, 2013, on Monday morning.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Proterra signs contract with Fla.'s StarMetro

To deliver three new EcoRide zero-emission transit buses and a charging station to the Tallahassee, Fla.-based agency per an FTA grant.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2011

Telvent, IVU to extend AVL, real-time passenger info partnership

The combined solutions will empower transit agencies and operators to track and manage vehicles using advanced, real-time positioning data. The analysis of routes, stops and schedules will provide decision support information for operators and advanced reporting to transit agencies.

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