METRO Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH

Bus

Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

SunLine Transit receives $12.5M grant for hydrogen fuel-cell fleet

The grant will also pay for the development of the largest hydrogen fueling station of its kind in the U.S.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

King County Metro, Intersection extend advertising contract

The agency first tapped Intersection in 2005, when, operating as Titan, the company won a competitive contract granting the exclusive rights to sell advertising on its 1,400 buses and facilities

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

BAI Communications acquires inMOTION Wireless

In 2014, inMOTION was awarded an exclusive 22-year license by Boston’s MBTA to design, build, finance, and operate a multi-application high-speed network along the MBTA Commuter Rail System and on MBTA ferries.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

Calif.'s Big Blue Bus rolls out mobile ticketing app

The program will be evaluated after a six-month period to determine whether customers feel that the app fare payment is beneficial, in addition to BBB staff determining the cost/benefit of adding the app to BBB’s suite of fare media products.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

EPA announces grants to reduce emissions from diesel engines

Anticipates awarding at least $11 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program grant funding to eligible applicants, subject to the availability of funds.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 24, 2017

VIA debuts first of 400-plus new CNG buses

The new 40-foot buses, manufactured by Nova Bus, feature a 67-passenger capacity.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffApril 21, 2017

New Flyer showcases electric bus at U.S. DOT Earth Day Fair

The Xcelsior XE40 battery-electric 40-foot bus accommodates 76 passengers (40 seated). WMATA is the second major metropolitan transit fleet in the U.S. to place New Flyer’s battery-electric bus in service.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 20, 2017

Pace mourns death of Bolton, former deputy exec. director

He passed away in the early hours of April 15, 2017, after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 69.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 20, 2017

Alexander Dennis wins significant share of UK Stagecoach bus order

The 314 vehicles will be delivered by the end of April 2018 and introduced in Stagecoach’s regional bus operations in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as on the megabus.com and Scottish Citylink coach networks.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffApril 20, 2017

CATA CEO Draggoo announces plan to retire

She is currently the longest-serving transit CEO in the nation. Her career with the authority spans 43 years, 32 of them as CATA’s CEO.

Read More →