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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 StaffMarch 31, 2011

FRA issues final impact statement on Vegas HSR

Clears the way for final permitting and construction groundbreaking, possibly as early as December, the on "DesertXpress" project.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Dallas’ DART honored for rail design-build projects

The Design-Build Institute of America presented the agency with its "2011 Transportation Owner of the Year Award" for advancing awareness, understanding and use of the design-build project delivery method in the transportation sector, in particular with its the Orange Line and Blue Line light rail projects.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Caltrans awards $78M to transit, air quality projects

Funding comes from a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in California.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Metrolinx buys portion of Canadian National rail line

Line is composed of the two- and three-track rail corridor east of Union Station in downtown Toronto to a junction near Whites Road in Pickering, Ont., where the line connects with GO Transit's separate rail right-of-way.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

RTC Washoe County taps MV for fixed-route services

The company will transition the 70-bus operation from the in-house model run by the RTC to a turnkey model, providing maintenance, management and operations.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Toronto Transit Commission loses strike rights

Ontario, Canada’s Liberal provincial government voted to make transit an essential, uninterruptible service and rushed the bill through the legislature to ensure it was in place before the current contract with the city and the ATU expired.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Va. conservative pushes for more transit

Public transit is essential to the conservative agenda, since it promotes economic development, national security and a sense of community, the director of the American Conservative Center for Public Transportation said during a speech Wednesday at a high-speed rail event.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2011

Greyhound to offer self-service ticketing kiosks

The NCR self-service system, will allow passengers to buy tickets at the kiosk or pick up tickets that were purchased online and will help Greyhound reduce wait times and free up employees to spend more time with customers who have more complex travel needs.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2011

APTA: Congress must support transit, remove funding barriers

President William A. Millar called on Congressional leaders to pass a well-funded six-year multimodal surface transportation bill, and eliminate burdensome requirements and approval processes in the New Starts program.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2011

Amtrak to Twitter NEC updates

Twitter users who choose to follow @AmtrakNEC will be notified of major service disruptions resulting in extreme delays or stoppage of all rail traffic, whether the issue is the result of commuter, freight or Amtrak rail equipment; severe weather; police activity; and track or other infrastructure matters.

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