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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 5, 2015

Community celebrates life of Duke U. driver

Vincent Orlando Davis, who had worked as a driver for Duke University Transit for about the past two years, was killed Dec. 22 in a crash near Duke’s campus, when an 18-year-old man hit a Duke passenger van that Davis was driving.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 5, 2015

Drexel students vying to design Disney-themed transport system

The students will present their idea for the future of Sydney, Australia to a panel of judges in hopes of taking home a $3,000 first-place prize and the opportunity to intern at Walt Disney Imagineering – the creative design team behind those world-famous theme parks and attractions.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 5, 2015

Sonoma County college students to ride buses for free

The program is funded by the Sonoma County general fund and will assist the Supervisors and Sonoma County Transit in determining the affect a free fare program has on ridership, traffic reduction near college campuses and community response to the program.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Photos: Transit agencies in the news 2014

A look at transit agency buses around the U.S. and Canada that made news in 2014.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Seattle driver will not face criminal charges in fatal crash

Prosecutors said there is insufficient evidence to file vehicular-homicide charges against Aleksandr Rukhlin, who drove a Sound Transit bus through a red light and collided with a Ford Escape, killing two people and injuring their son.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Wis. board rejects $500K claim for high-speed rail work

Canadian Pacific Railway wants $500,715 for work performed in 2009 and 2010 to help Wisconsin prepare a bid for federal funding to build the line between Madison and Milwaukee. The plan was scrapped by then Gov. Scott Walker, with the railroad never being paid.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

ETA to provide Memphis U. ITS solution

The solution provides GPS-triggered on-board announcements that automatically broadcast upcoming bus stops over the public address system. The system also allows bus operators and dispatchers to make real-time, ad-hoc announcements.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

BART terminates free Wi-Fi agreement

The action does not affect cellphone service on BART and was only available in less than 5% of the agency's fleet.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

MARTA expanding paid parking at rail stations

Agency is seeking a revenue-sharing deal with the parking operator it hires. MARTA's RFP envisions parking revenues rising as high as $5 million or more — or more than twice what it's earning now.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Bombardier supplying 42 French trainsets

The trains are an additional order in the framework of an ongoing contract signed in 2010 and is valued at approximately $484 million. Delivery of the new trains will start from September 2017 and the trains will operate on Line R of the Parisian suburban network.

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