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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

S.D. transit upgrades facility for $5M

Includes space to service and maintain nearly 100 buses and other transit vehicles in the agency’s fleet, and a new dispatch center with upgraded computer scheduling and GPS technology to better monitor and track vehicles.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

Chicago’s Pace releases proposed 2013 budget

Calls for fares and service levels to remain steady for 2013 and for Pace to add new service in some areas during the year.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

OC Transpo project presents opportunities, challenges

The service's rail project — which is expected to take five years to complete — will cause many traffic problems, which could be an opportunity to attract people to transit. However, keeping buses running on time during the project could be difficult.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

Thor buys Krystal bus assets for $3.9M

Eldorado National Kansas subsidiary purchased the bus operation assets of Krystal Infinity LLC. Plans to move them to its bus facility in Salina, Kan. and produce Krystal buses there.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

5,500 Nev. commuters register for Club Ride program

The new members join 26,000 other program participants. In total, participants logged 4.2 million miles carpooling, using transit, bicycling or walking to and from work. This has reduced carbon monoxide by 4.17 tons.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

L.A. Metro completes $60M bus station revamp

The El Monte Station consists of a new two-story building that will house a public bus and terminal station with limited retail space, a customer service center and surface parking. It is the largest bus station west of Chicago and is used by Metro, Foothill Transit, Greyhound, El Monte Transit and Metrolink Shuttle.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2012

N.Y.'s Centro opens $18.8M transit hub

Centro's new facility includes a 55,000 square foot canopy, 22 sawtooth bus bays and heated sidewalks to help melt the 110 inches of snow that fall during an average winter. The project replaces the "Common Center," which required customers navigate an array of buses that lined up in all four directions of an intersection.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2012

Swedish institute develops new fire suppression standard

The objective has been to construct a model of an engine compartment where stakeholders can evaluate the firefighting performance of different suppression systems in a well-defined and objective way. The new standard SP method 4912, edition 3 has just been published.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2012

Veolia earns L.A. contract extension

The new contract goes into effect in November and includes operation of the city’s 130 vehicles in the fixed-route fleet.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2012

Canadian agency partners with INIT, Google

YRT/Viva is the first transit agency in Canada to offer real-time trip planning on Google with up-to-the-minute next bus departure information.

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