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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 StaffSeptember 20, 2010

Microsoft's Bing Maps adds transit routing for 11 cities

Microsoft search engine Bing will provide transit routing options on its Maps feature for bus, subway and rail. More cities will be added over time.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2010

Virginia launches 'Try Transit Week'

During Try Transit Week, Virginians are encouraged to stop driving alone and try one of the variety of transit options available such as bus and rail service, carpools, vanpools or telework.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2010

ABC delivers C2045 Van Hools to Conn., Ind.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Royal Excursion took delivery of four 2010 C2045s, one of which is designed for luxury and features 46 leather seats with extra spacing, a galley, Wi-Fi, enhanced contoured racks with a satellite TV system featuring six 22-inch monitors, and 110-volt outlets.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2010

New Flyer shares major milestones with SEPTA

SEPTA is purchasing approximately 470 diesel-electric hybrids from New Flyer under a four-year contract. By the end of 2011, more than one-third of SEPTA's bus fleet will be represented by New Flyer's hybrids.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2010

Houston Metro names Greanias president/CEO

Greanias will oversee an agency with 3,500 employees and about a $1 billion annual budget. Metro is working to complete the build out of five new light-rail lines, approved by voters in a 2003 referendum.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2010

New student travel company launches

Student Adventures will provide motorcoach charters, music, choral, drama and performance tours, as well as class trips to popular student travel destinations such as Washington, D.C.; New York; Chicago and Florida.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2010

Georgia, Kansas receive high-speed rail grants

FRA has now released more than $648 million for the HSIPR program, the significant portion of which comes from the $8 billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development of high-speed rail corridors.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2010

Greater Dayton RTA named five-star Ohio Green Fleet

Fleets are evaluated based on policies transit authorities have implemented to reduce vehicle emissions and reliance on petroleum fuels, according to Katherine Stewart, policy director for Clean Fuels Ohio.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2010

Technology initiative helps agency keep riders informed

York, Pa.'s rabbittransit has equipped all vehicles with GPS, allowing riders to track buses in real-time on the agency's Website, through an iPhone app, and on screens at the agency's Transfer Center.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2010

Glaval Bus Awards A-Z Bus Sales

Every year, Glaval awards its top dealers, and while all of their 40-plus dealers are eligible for the award, A-Z Bus Sales was selected based on the number of Glaval buses they sold and which were shipped.

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