In a side-by-side test recently performed by the North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) in New Mexico, a bus equipped with a LiquidSpring suspension system outperformed a comparatively upgraded vehicle in unplanned maintenance costs by better than 100%.
Golden Empire Transit teams with Stantec for the new facility to improve pedestrian and bus movement at California State University- Bakersfield’s campus.
They join Alex Roman to discuss BRT, COVID-19, mobility, and more.
In her new role, she will be responsible for project delivery and client engagement in the Florida region, covering a broad range of disciplines, including transportation, healthcare, and other infrastructure challenges.
The state’s second round of Volkswagen settlement funding will be used to purchase 235 new propane school buses and three electric transit buses.
The system allows riders to purchase reusable smartcards for more convenient and affordable travel.
The solution leverages a filter, paired with an innovative cleaning technology, to capture and deactivate certain viruses, like COVID-19, as the air is exchanged in buses.
RAISE, formerly known as BUILD and TIGER, has awarded over $8.935 billion in grants to projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico since 2009.
Original funding for the electric bus came from the FTA through the Low- or No-Emission Grant Program.
The full board is expected to approve the committee’s recommendation on April 22.
She succeeds retiring CEO Phil Washington.
Inductive charging can keep buses in service longer, save money, and reduce disruption to routes.
He has worked in the transit industry his entire career, having started as a transit planner in Cincinnati in 1976. He joined Transdev U.S. in 2000.
In this new role, she will lead the sales, marketing, bids and proposal, sales engineering, and product management teams.
Missing from this year’s list is the Positive Train Control mandate, which was removed after the successful implementation by rail providers at the end of 2020.
The contract gives the state‘s transit agencies the right to purchase from the company’s bus portfolio, including the Vicinity Lightning EV.
New Flyer of America Inc. unveiled its Xcelsior AV™ automated transit bus, now in motion at Robotic Research LLC (Robotic Research) in Maryland.
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