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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 13, 2009

Rotary Lift products available through HGACBuy

Rotary sells 145 products, including light-duty vehicle lifts; heavy-duty vehicle lifts; adapters and accessories, through HGACBuy under contract number FL03-09: Fleet Management & Maintenance Equipment.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

Obama announces funding of 2,000th ARRA project

The 2,000th project is a $68 million project in Kalamazoo County, Mich., which involves the widening of I-94 from two lanes both east and westbound to three lanes in each direction. The project will improve safety and ease congestion by providing a more efficient interchange.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

Razorback Transit benefits from stimulus funding

Transit program is receiving $1.26 million in stimulus funding, most of which will be spent to procure three new buses at a cost of about $332,000 each, for a total of $996,000.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

Go West Transit seeks university transit coordinator

Would help to oversee a 30-bus, 12-route, 75-employee municipal transit system. Duties would include monitoring the contract with the service provider and the city, participating in planning and design of routes, completing monthly operating reports and quarterly audits and monitoring ridership and segment analysis.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

Utah State shuttle bus system marks 850,000th rider

A student at Utah State University (USU) in Logan received an unexpected surprise last week when she was greeted by USU President Stan Albrecht as she stepped off an Aggie Shuttle bus.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

MBTA, American Red Cross launch campaign

The public awareness campaign promotes the importance of preparing for a disaster before it strikes, and includes the placement of 300 educational car cards throughout the MBTA system.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2009

Eaton adds Spanish, French language courses

Eaton continues to emphasize electrohydraulics through class laboratory work with its new Programmable Motion-Control Training (PMCT) System and redesigned Portable Electrohydraulic Training Simulator (PETS).

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2009

N.J. Transit awards first ARRA contract

Contract will pay for a new parking lot with 500 parking spaces. In addition, the project will generate approximately 110 jobs during construction and includes repaving and reconfiguring one of two existing lots.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2009

FEMA announces $970M in preparedness grants

$25 million allocated for Amtrak to protect critical surface transportation infrastructure and the traveling public from acts of terrorism, major disasters and other emergencies within the Amtrak rail system.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2009

METRO Briefs

MTA fare hike protests hit Facebook. 311 calls costing SFMTA. Alexandria cracking down on motorcoaches.

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