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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 StaffFebruary 22, 2011

Top bizarre public transportation ideas

Innovative ideas include a network of Zipline cables, an energy-generating subway floor and an algae-powered airship.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2011

Coach America, lenders enter amended, restated credit facility

The amended facility resets the applicable leverage ratio test, modifies certain other terms of the facility and provides the company with additional operating flexibility in the future.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2011

MV Sales to acquire BusWest

Management and operations will continue under President Jim Bernacchi's leadership, with all people and positions expected to remain for the foreseeable future.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2011

Mica proposes plan to save Fla. high-speed rail

Based on the requirement to secure a sub-grantee and ensure that the project is on the soundest financial footing possible, he is exploring what he terms a "partial project rescue plan."

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2011

Metro-North ridership up in 2010

The agency also achieved an on-time record of 97.7 percent for the year, the sixth year in a row that trains performed at 97.5 percent on-time or better.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

Amtrak launches YouTube channel, expands Wi-Fi

Channel will feature videos with information on safety and security; the Trails & Rails program; the Amtrak vision for high-speed rail; travel tips; and exclusive contests and promotions. Will also install its free Wi-Fi service, AmtrakConnect, on Northeast Corridor and more West Coast trains by the end of this year.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

Report: Calif. must urge job growth near transit to cut driving

Data shows that placing jobs near transit is more effective in boosting ridership than having housing near transit. Additionally, while transit ridership is increasing in California, the state has failed so far to reap the benefits of its large investment in rail transit.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

Hampton Roads receives U.S. DOT subpoena

Feds are looking into Norfolk Light Rail records. Agency President and CEO declined to comment on the other documents received.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

Calif., N.Y. ask for Florida’s high-speed rail funds

Gov. Jerry Brown is asking for the money to be redirected to California’s project, despite protests from critics. New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer echoed the request for their state.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2011

ARINC to equip Metrolink with PTC subsystems

The supplier, as part of a team led by Parsons Corp., will provide three key subsystems for a Positive Train Control system, the first to be used on a U.S. commuter railroad.

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