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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 StaffNovember 3, 2014

Wirelessly charged electric bus makes U. of Utah campus debut

The bus, which has been operational for about three months, currently runs in the morning from a bus station in Salt Lake City to University Hospital as well as an additional route on the UofU campus.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2014

First Transit earns university contracts in R.I., Ga.

The company will provide campus shuttle services for the Rhode Island School of Design and will continue its ongoing management, operations and maintenance of campus transportation services at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2014

U of Wisconsin-Madison launches center to promote transportation careers

The Midwest Transportation Workforce Center is one of five centers nationwide to receive a $600,000 federal grant.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

Canadian bus driver safety bill gaining momentum

Bill S-221 would amend the Criminal Code to require courts to consider it an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing if the victim of an assault is a public transit operator engaged in the performance of their duty.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

Report: Alabama not funding public transportation

The report claims a lack of investment in public transit results in the isolation of people who do not have the means to access private vehicles.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

L.A. Metro's VYCON system reducing energy consumption

The Red Line Westlake/MacArthur Park Subway station is realizing nearly 20% in energy consumption. Based on the data obtained so far, it is estimated an annual savings of 541 megawatt hours, enough to provide power to 100 average California homes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

Sun Metro celebrates grand opening of BRT

The 8.6-mile Rapid Transit System provides a high-capacity transit service to El Paso, Texas for the first time.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

Halloween costumes banned on Beijing subway

The crackdown on Halloween is part of a much broader, citywide security and beautification effort ahead of the APEC meeting in Beijing on Nov. 7.

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Newsby StaffOctober 31, 2014

MBTA's longtime police chief to step down

When Paul MacMillan started at the transit agency in the 1980s, only about 80 officers patrolled the system, he said. Now, about 250 do.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2014

Sec. of Transportation Foxx, Rep. Butterfield visit IMPulse factory

The company unveiled its latest innovative development for cable theft detection, as well as its White House Champion of Change technology for an overhead contact wire safety monitoring system.

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