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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 StaffJanuary 14, 2009

METRO Briefs

Arizona launches BRT. Bus-only lane benefits outweigh parking woes. Gov. Doyle seeking high-speed rail stimulus funding.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

Megabus grew more than 200 percent in 2008

High gas prices, the need for alternative travel options, convenience and cheap fares have boosted ticket sales for megabus.com service since its April 2006 launch.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

University of Georgia seeks assistant transit manager

This position is available in Athens, a progressive and lively city in northeast Georgia, about 70 miles from Atlanta, with all the advantages of working and living in a college community.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

Ottawa colleges link shuttle bus systems

The 14 routes operated by the four colleges provide service to several key suburbs in the sprawling city, which covers 1,800 square miles and has a population of 1.2 million.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

Report finds bus ridership hike among colleges, universities

According to the study, key challenges facing university transit include provision of accessible services, seasonality of service and related workforce issues, and the rising cost of fuel and other services.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

DRI Mobitec Group wins Belgium orders

Products to be supplied will include light-emitting diode (LED) and thin-film transistor (TFT) electronic information display systems, voice announcement systems and global positioning satellite control units.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

Princeton launches new campus transit system

The upgrade of the bus system is part of Princeton’s Sustainability Plan and is expected to help reduce by 10 percent the number of students, faculty and staff commuting to campus by car by 2020.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 13, 2009

FTA to provide $428.3M for Utah rail extension

When complete, the project will include nine stations, 3,035 park-and-ride spaces, and 28 transit vehicles.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2009

MV assumes IndyGo call center operations

Under the terms of the contract, MV will perform all day-to-day paratransit services as well as all call center functions, including reservations, dispatch and scheduling.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2009

Ensco to build wheel sets for Hyundai Rotem

Custom-made instrumented wheel sets are for new cars that Hyundai Rotem will be delivering to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Southern California Regional-Rail Authority.

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