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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 StaffDecember 12, 2014

Van Fosson to lead Brookville Equipment

Will oversee the Pennsylvania-based manufacturer’s long-term strategy and daily operations across all business units, including mining, tunneling, locomotives and streetcar products.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2014

Prevost releases second mobile service truck in Montreal area

Operated by a Prevost service technician who is certified for bumper-to-bumper maintenance and repair for all Nova Bus, Prevost and Volvo vehicles, including engine and transmission. In addition, they can perform repairs on most brands of motorcoaches in a customer’s fleet.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2014

Transportation hub opens, reflects O.C. Calif.'s embrace of public transit

The $188-million transportation center in the heart of Anaheim, not far from Disneyland, is designed as a central hub where trains, buses, cars and bicycles will converge. Officials hope it ultimately will be the final stop for the state's proposed high-speed bullet train.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2014

Coast RTA works to turn maintenance shop around

The agency has since repaired a maintenance pit, lessened the amount of parts it keeps on site and began working on getting rid of buses it could no longer use based on recommendations.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

U.S. Commuters Wait Approximately 40 Mins. a Day for Public Transit

Not knowing when train or bus will arrive is number one commuter frustration, more than actual wait times, safety, overcrowding, and unfamiliar routes, according to a report by public transit app Moovit.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

Rains, wind impact Bay Area morning commute

BART shut down its Montgomery Street Station in San Francisco about 7:20 a.m. because of a power outage that caused it to lose lighting on the platform level.The transit agency also reduced acceleration rates for all trains departing stations due to the rain.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

IndyGo to bar 'personal care attendants' from riding free

The agency’s bus drivers recently reported a rash of passengers pretending to be caretakers so they can get a free ride, and in some cases, they’d get off a different stop then the person they were allegedly assisting.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

N.Y. MTA adding 147 more MV-1s

Delivery of these additional vehicles from the local MV-1 dealer, Alliance Bus Group, will bring the number of MV-1s in the MTA’s paratransit fleet to 398 out of a total of approximately 2,000 vehicles – one-fifth of the entire fleet.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

AC Transit, BART team for late-night service

The one-year pilot program increases the options for late night commuters, providing new destinations and improved frequency of pre-dawn buses between San Francisco and the East Bay on weekends.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2014

Cubic completes Australia's Opal smart card system

More than 1.4 million Opal cards have been distributed and 20 million free trips taken under the weekly reward scheme where after eight paid journeys the rest are free and the daily fare is capped.

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