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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 21, 2009

GroupConnect names Powers VP, sales/mktg

GroupConnect is being developed specifically for the motorcoach, tour and travel industry as a way for ABA and OMCA members to increase their opportunities to network with the group travel business, as well to provide access to new educational resources.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2009

Ansaldo STS wins $25.8M LIRR contract

This project, part of the LIRR East Side Access program, replaces the current vital relay-based interlocking control system with a MicroLok II vital microprocessor-based system.

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Newsby StaffApril 21, 2009

Rotary Lift launches new Website

Product information includes specifications, photos, brochure pages, feature tours, photos and videos. Rotary has added an entire library of videos, including product videos, service videos, a corporate overview and a product overview.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2009

Seattle transit rolls out smart card

Electronic fare system will replace about 300 various passes, tickets and transfers with a single card that works for all seven of the major public transportation agencies serving King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2009

ARRA to fund Baltimore subway upgrade

With the approval of two contracts totaling nearly $20 million, the Maryland Transit Administration will soon begin improvements to the Baltimore Metro Subway by overhauling train wheel assemblies and installing a new public address system at stations.

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Newsby StaffApril 20, 2009

MCI completes restructuring plan

In conjunction with its emergence from Chapter 11, the company has obtained $230 million of exit financing and consummated its pre-negotiated plan.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2009

PB purchases RECs

Wind power RECs purchased by PB will offset the release of roughly 1,870 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is the estimated equivalent of planting 1,600 acres of trees or taking 359 cars off the road for one year.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2009

Report: Fuel cell buses deemed global success

The report, “A Report on Worldwide Hydrogen Bus Demonstrations, 2002-2007,” examined hydrogen bus demonstrations in 19 cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2009

CH2M Hill recognized for ethics

The methodology used by the Ethisphere Institute for naming the 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies included reviewing codes of ethics, evaluating the investment in sustainable business practices and reviewing activities designed to improve corporate citizenship.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2009

Phoenix, Mesa and Valley Metro Rail receive EPA TOD assistance

A team of national experts, assembled by the Smart Growth Program at the EPA, has developed options designed to promote TOD along Phoenix’s new light-rail line in ways that are also consistent with Arizona’s statewide private property rights act, Proposition 207.

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