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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 StaffJune 9, 2011

Eno Transportation Foundation honors APTA's Millar

Since becoming president in 1996, Millar has expanded APTA's reach and effectiveness, winning several legislative victories that have substantially increased federal investment in public transportation.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

FTA releases $3M for workforce development

Twelve programs from across the nation successfully competed for the "Innovative Workforce Development" dollars. FTA received 35 applications with a total of $7.3 million in requests for the $3 million available.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

AC Transit, Caltrain to get bailout

Regional transportation officials approved a plan to allow the agencies to divert millions of dollars intended to maintain or purchase buses and railcars to fill substantial gaps in their operating budgets.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

DART Green Line project wins ASCE award

STV, in a joint venture, provided program management, design and construction management for Phase I of the light rail project — a 25-mile, 13-station light rail build-out of the DART system that was completed in 2003.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

NTSB releases preliminary report on Va. bus crash

Factual information related to the accident that took place in Doswell, Va. with a Sky Express Inc. motorcoach can be accessed on the NTSB website.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

Google Maps adds live transit updates

Transit data available for Boston, Portland, San Diego and San Francisco in the U.S., and Madrid and Turin in Europe.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

TTC may adopt regional smart card

A big part of the province’s decision to develop Presto cards for $250 million was to facilitate transit trips using one fare card across municipal systems. The move will make Presto more ubiquitous in the region since 85 per cent of area commuters include the TTC in their trips.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

NJ Transit to buy 158 buses

The agency's board of directors approved the $68 million purchase of new high-floor vehicles, which will replace the last of of the aging city buses in the fleet.

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Newsby StaffJune 9, 2011

D.C. Metro police confiscating more guns from riders

More firearms were seized in the past two years, than the last 12 years combined, according to new transit agency data. Police recovered 65 weapons last year marking a huge spike from the 21 taken in 2009,

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Newsby StaffJune 8, 2011

Bombardier wins Australia contract

The GoldLinQ consortium, of which the supplier is a member, will design, build, finance, operate and maintain the first stage of the Gold Coast Rapid Transit light rail public transportation system for the Queensland Government. Bombardier’s share of the contract is valued at approximately $265 million.

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