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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 StaffApril 15, 2010

Prevost supports 'Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy'

The inaugural Academy course will be held at Prevost's Nashville facility, with instruction provided by its training technicians, technicians from the coach conversion industry and professionals from the entertainer coach leasing business, including veteran drivers, leasing agents and owners.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2010

MBTA fires 8 for falsifying records

GM contends the group committed a years-long scheme in which false entries were made into a maintenance tracking database, showing that 200-plus buses — more than 20-percent of the fleet — had met the required rate an inspection every 6,000 miles.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2010

N.Y. MTA expands real-time arrival info to Brooklyn

The Public Address Customer Information Screen (PA/CIS) system is a major component of the MTA's effort to upgrade customer communications across its entire network.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2010

Minneapolis/St. Paul choose Verint's video solution

In the initial phase of its planned multi-phase fleet-wide initiative, the Metropolitan Council is deploying Nextiva Transit onboard 257 buses.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2010

Nova Bus boosts York Region Transit BRT fleet

Since launching production of the LFS Artic, Nova Bus has been awarded contracts for rapid-transit type buses in cities such as New York, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal and Saskatoon.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2010

ABC launches Facebook, Twitter pages

The interactive sites will allow customers to chat directly with designated ABC personnel via postings and tweets, as well as access to YouTube postings.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2010

Nashville MTA offering mobile phone app to riders

RouteShout, a mobile phone application that delivers next-bus arrival times, is now available for customers to receive MTA schedule information. Customers using RouteShout are able to quickly and easily find bus stops, routes and arrival and departure times on their electronic devices.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2010

Orange County, Calif. rail projects get boost

The commission allocated the money as a result of state bond sales last month. The projects are part of the voter-approved Proposition 1B and Proposition 116 bond programs to fund transportation projects throughout the state.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2010

L.A. Metro breaks ground on TOD project

The project is part of Metro's Joint Development Program, which seeks to secure the most appropriate private and/or public sector development on Metro-owned property at and adjacent to transit stations and corridors.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2010

Megabus expands service

Passengers can begin booking travel at www.megabus.com for May 4 and beyond from newly added cities Pittsburgh and State College, Penn., Des Moines, Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa.

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