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ADA Compliant Transit: Easier, More Dignified Travel for Every Passenger

Today’s riders—and the communities you serve—expect more from public transit. While ADA compliance is required, leading transit agencies know that true accessibility also means delivering dignity, efficiency, and a better rider experience. This whitepaper reveals why forward thinking agencies nationwide choose the Low Floor Frontrunner as their first choice for ADA compliant vehicles—setting a new standard with passenger first design, faster boarding, improved safety, and unmatched operational performance.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2009

METRO Briefs

Former BART officer to stand trial for murder. Coach driver exonerated. Senate confirms new MTA Chairman.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 9, 2009

NTSB urges booster seat legislation

Earlier this year Alaska, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands enacted booster seat legislation, bringing the total to 47 states and three territories that mandate booster seats. Arizona, Florida, South Dakota and the U.S. territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico currently lack booster seat laws for children.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 9, 2009

ABA trip planning tool tops 50 destinations

Online info includes resources for bus and tour operators seeking information on motorcoach parking, drop-off points and other critical information has more than doubled in the number of destination resources provided in the past few months.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2009

FirstGroup America to celebrate 10 years

Company has more than 96,000 employees throughout the U.S. and Canada and total revenues of $4.8 billion. FirstGroup America's five business units - First Student, First Transit, First Vehicle Services, First Canada and Greyhound -- operate in 49 states and 10 Canadian provinces.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2009

ABA unveils 28th annual Top 100 events list

A 17-member Selection Committee of tour operators bases its selections on the events' broad appeal, their accessibility to large groups arriving by motorcoach and a variety of other criteria.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2009

MCI delivers 2 security vehicles to New Jersey

The coaches, which are built on the MCI D4000 platform, feature Detroit Diesel engines and Allison transmissions.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2009

FMCSA posts proposal to increase UCR fees

Believes its proposed new fee levels will both encourage states to aggressively enforce the UCR fees rule and generate the necessary revenue to execute state motor carrier safety programs.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 3, 2009

Marsh, GreenRoad extend partnership

Marsh first started offering GreenRoad's services to its captive clients in November 2008.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 1, 2009

California Wine Tours becomes 'Green Business'

Through their many business entities, CWT moves more than 500,000 passengers each year throughout the Bay Area, which equates to taking thousands of individual cars off the road.

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Newsby StaffAugust 31, 2009

N.C. passes new motorcoach license restriction

Effective December 1, 2009, persons required to register under the sex offender and public protection registration plans will be denied a “Passenger” or “School Bus” endorsement.

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