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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 StaffMay 22, 2014

D.C. Metro to retrofit vending machines to dispense smartcards

Will upgrade more than 500 fare vending machines over the next two years at stations throughout the system to dispense SmarTrip cards instead of paper fare cards.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

French trains too wide to fit in some stations

Train operator SNCF and network owner RFF said about 1,300 of France's 8,700 railway platforms must be trimmed, at a cost of $69 million, to make way for the wider rolling stock.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

Greyhound partners with bus trip scheduling website

Greyhound and Greyhound Express travel options will now appear in bus scheduling website wanderu.com’s search results. Wanderu’s 25 transportation partners cover more than 80% of the east and west coasts of the U.S., according to the company.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

4 killed in coach crash on Calif.-Ariz. border

Thirty-two people were aboard the bus, which was traveling from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles on the 10 Freeway when the driver swerved to avoid metal pipes that were scattered on the road after an earlier big rig crash.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

Artist creates 'Personal Space Dress' to combat subway harassment

The motorized dress has proximity sensors built in, and when they detect someone invading the wearer's personal space, they trigger a plastic scaffolding around the dress' hem to expand.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

New Flyer to supply 34 Xcelsiors to Canada

Will deliver the 40-foot heavy duty buses to Richmond Hill, Ontario-based York Region Transit by the end of the third quarter of 2014.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

ABC delivers to New Mexico

Carlsbad, N.M.-based New Mexico Texas Coaches received a 2013 Van Hool C2045, the newest in its fleet.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

Chicago's Metra allowing customization of email alerts

The new "Customize Your Commute" program will allow riders to individually choose when to receive email service alerts and give them the option to sign up for a variety of other emails about specialized topics.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2014

Calif. agency picks up NABI CNG bus option

The new Foothill Transit vehicles will be outfitted with what is being called the “new standard” — high-backed, reclining seats, adjustable reading lights, ample overhead parcel racks and new exterior livery.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2014

NTSB issues recommendations to FRA, Metro-North

Urges FRA to remove the current inspection exemption for high-density commuter railroads and for Metro-North to stop making use of the exemption in the wake of an accident in December 2013.

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