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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 StaffAugust 16, 2024

Florida's PSTA Breaks Ground on New BRT Station

The Tampa Bay region’s first-of-its-kind bus rapid transit service runs along PSTA's most heavily used corridor and connects St. Pete Beach to Downtown St. Petersburg.

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Newsby StaffAugust 16, 2024

Pittsburgh, Flowbird Team to Add Ticket Vending Machines

Flowbird’s Astreo TVMs are designed to streamline the fare payment process, featuring an intuitive LED color touch-screen display, high-capacity ticket vending, and account reload capabilities suitable for busy transit environments.

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Newsby StaffAugust 16, 2024

Ongoing Fiscal Challenges Push Milwaukee to Recommend Pausing BRT Project

The recommendation to pause the CONNECT 2 project will be considered by the board’s Transportation and Transit Committee in early September.

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Newsby StaffAugust 15, 2024

MBTA Adding More Railcars to Deal with Ridership Growth

The agreement with Hyundai Rotem will bring an additional 41 state-of-the-art bi-level commuter railcars — to a previously agreed-upon 83 cars — to the MBTA network.

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Newsby StaffAugust 15, 2024

Chicago Awards Construction Contract for Red Line Extension

The Chicago Transit Board approved the award of a $2.9 billion contract to Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners following a comprehensive, two-year procurement process.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2024

New Flyer Adding BAE’s Propulsion System to its Hybrid-Electric Buses

The next-generation system from BAE Systems is smaller and lighter than the previous generation product.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2024

MBTA Launching Income-Eligible Reduced Fare Program

A meaningful improvement for fare equity, the new program provides riders who are aged 18 to 64 and have low income with reduced one-way fares of approximately 50% off on all MBTA buses, subway, commuter rail, and paratransit travel.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2024

FTA Issues Final Rule on Training Requirements to Improve Transit Safety

The updates maintain a uniform safety training curriculum and minimum requirements for rail transit and state safety personnel, building upon existing training requirements for safety professionals.

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Newsby StaffAugust 13, 2024

Las Vegas Breaks Ground on Maryland Parkway BRT Project

Secretary Buttigieg was joined by RTC leadership and members of Nevada’s federal delegation to mark the beginning of construction on the $378 million project that will improve safety and enhance functionality along a 12.5-mile stretch of one of the most important corridors in Southern Nevada.

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Newsby StaffAugust 13, 2024

Complete Coach Works Names New Business Development Manager

With an impressive 27-year career in the transit industry, Mark Hollenbeck brings a wealth of experience and expertise across manufacturing, OEM sales, publishing, media, trade shows, and software.

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