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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 StaffJune 4, 2009

Peter Pan to equip fleet with WiFi

In the process of equipping 150 motorcoaches at a cost of $75,000, not including Peter Pan's labor to install the technology.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2009

NTSB releases motorcoach safety recs

Recommendations come in wake of January 2008 Mexican Hat, Utah motorcoach accident.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2009

METRO Briefs

San Diego transit to freeze wages. Tenn. conducting vehicle safety checks. Montana tribe gets first transit system.

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Newsby StaffMay 28, 2009

NTSB to expand accident report accessibility

Effort serves to further bring the NTSB into compliance with legislative and executive mandates aimed at improving the U.S. government's use of electronic media to foster a more open and transparent government

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Newsby StaffMay 28, 2009

GreenRoad raises $15M in growth funding

DAG Ventures, a venture capital investment partnership, led the round with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital, Virgin Green Fund, Amadeus Capital and Balderton Capital.

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Newsby StaffMay 27, 2009

Report: Seon named 'leading' mobile video supplier

Company achieved more than 45.9 percent of the world’s school bus mobile surveillance market in 2008, a figure four times greater than the next largest supplier.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2009

Daimler Buses to provide smart cars at service centers

Company recently enhanced its Customer Assistance Network (CAN) technical support hotline by ensuring that it has staff answering the toll-free line 24-hours, seven days a week to assist both Setra and Sprinter customers.

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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2009

Espar receives CARB approval

The supplier was the first fuel-operated heater manufacturer to have their Airtronic D2 and D4 as well as their Hydronic 5 approved by the California Air Resource Board.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2009

MCI delivers D4505 to Connecticut operation

Equipped with a Detroit Diesel engine and Allison transmission clean-diesel power train, Coach Tours’ new MCI features a state-of–the-art-entertainment system by Blaupunkt with six flat-screen, 10-inch wide-screen video monitors.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2009

NTSB’s Higgins stresses motorcoach safety

Both NHTSA and the FMSCA have yet to act upon a long list of motorcoach safety recommendations made by the NTSB, some dating back more than a decade.

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