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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 12, 2010

Calif. launches train safety campaign

Campaign is focused on 18 to 34-year-olds, who make up more than one-third of all railroad-related pedestrian casualties.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Daimler delivers Setra S 417 to Atlanta

Seats 56 passengers with Setra’s Nimbus style passenger seating, and includes leather headrest inserts, aisle armrests, autoretracting footrests and seat belts.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Vancouver adds more than 300 Nova buses

BC Transit and TransLink ordered 311 Nova LFS city buses. Of the total, TransLink has taken delivery of 141 hybrid-drive Nova LFS HEV buses.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Florida Marlins to promote public transit

Players will ride the entire Metrorail line on Feb. 12, stopping at South Miami and Tri-Rail stations. Marlins representatives will distribute free 1-Day Passes on EASY Tickets.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

TriMet to cut $27M from FY11 budget

With the economy still in deep recession, TriMet expects payroll tax receipts to be down $15 million and passenger revenue down $8 million, with other assorted expenses adding up to a $27 million shortfall.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Seattle transit reviews security rules after beating

Authorities are taking a closer look at rules that bar transit guards from getting involved in violent incidents, and instead directs them to call law enforcement.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

D.C. Metro rail ridership drops due to snowfall

Only 36,097 trips were taken yesterday, Wednesday, Feb. 10, when white-out blizzard conditions limited the rail system to underground service only. By comparison, there were 670,643 trips taken the previous Wednesday (Feb. 3).

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

GO Transit customers, volunteers raise $32K for Haiti

At five GO stations, customers donated $9834.69 to World Vision volunteers during the morning rush hour on January 22. At Union Station, GO customers donated $22,129.58 to Canadian Red Cross volunteers during morning and afternoon rush hours on January 27 and 28.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Denton County Transportation Authority taps new president

Jim Cline, who served as a director for the City of Irving since 1998, replaces Jim Witt who has served the Authority in an interim capacity since early 2009.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2010

DRI secures Belgian contract

Products ordered include Mobitec electronic information display systems, Mobitec voice announcement systems and Mobitec global positioning satellite control units.

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