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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 26, 2010

Albany, N.Y. system tests smartphone bar codes

The bar codes, also known as quick response bar codes, redirect users to online content. The bar codes in CDTA stations connect to a Website where users can register to win an iPad.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

NextBus wins Triad Transit System contract

Automatic Vehicle Locator units will be deployed on 164 buses across 72 routes. Per a five-year contract, the company will receive approximately $770,000 in revenue in the first year, which includes hardware, setup and service, and approximately $221,000, primarily as service revenue, for each of the remaining four years.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

Detroit agency buys hybrid rapid transit buses

SMART entered into a piggy-back agreement with the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority which had an existing bus buy contract with New Flyer enabling SMART to receive the buses approximately nine months sooner.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

NJ Transit launches bus schedule text system

Based on a system of bus stop ID numbers — unique five-digit numbers the agency has assigned to each of its bus stops — My Bus enables customers who have cell phones with SMS (text messaging) capabilities to receive bus schedule information for a specific stop directly to their phones.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2010

China inaugurates high-speed Shanghai-Hangzhou rail line

The CRH380 train, built in China with Chinese technology, has been clocked at almost 262 mph, a world speed record, though it will usually operate at a maximum speed of 220 mph.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

Scholarship honoring ex-St. Louis Metro chief announced

Robert Baer is credited with helping lead the successful campaign to pass a half-cent sale-tax increase in St. Louis County last April that enabled Metro to restore service reductions and finance future expansions and new services.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

U. of Georgia students to track transit data

Statistics students will count how many students ride the University and Athens Transit bus systems. As a member of the National Transit Database, the Athens Transit Bus system is required to collect the ridership data.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

Illinois State U. receives new transit, bike shelters

The ten transit and six bicycle shelters have been provided by MSSmedia, an outdoor advertising company that works with universities.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

U. of Va. beefs up SafeRide program in wake of attacks

The university's SafeRide program is adding three additional phone lines for the service and doubling the number of people answering phones. The University Transit System will begin a pilot program Thursday, Oct. 28, to extend late-night bus service to Thursdays through the end of this semester.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2010

Vancouver’s TransLink needs more funding to support U-Pass program

When the program was rolled out in June, the provincial government didn’t give TransLink the necessary funds — $85.1 million, according to the agency — to back up the expansion.

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