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News•by Staff•September 30, 2016

D.C. Metro completes $5.5 million in bus improvements at station

The improvements expand capacity and provide additional amenities to enhance the customer experience, including three new bus bays and the introduction of real-time bus arrival information.

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News•by Staff•September 29, 2016

ARBOC, Specialty Vehicles partner for low-floor, purpose-built trolleys

The new Trolley will be manufactured on the Freightliner XBA low-floor, rear-engine diesel chassis. This chassis was designed by ARBOC and is built by Freightliner exclusively for ARBOC.

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News•by Staff•September 29, 2016

Velvac names new national sales manager

Chris Shigley will be Velvac's national sales manager for bus and specialty vehicles.

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News•by Staff•September 29, 2016

Lytx introduces always-on video telematics with Unisyn

The Unisyn platform is a new video telematics model that gives high quality video access and video expandability to fleets and field operations of all sizes and profiles.

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News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

BusCon '16 features more than 80 buses, debuts maintenance forum

This year's event definitely had something for everyone, including the most buses on one North American show floor, a closer look at issues set to impact transit maintenance professionals, an up-to-date look at electric buses and a the BusCon Connect hosted buyers program. 

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News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

School launches navigational app for bus riders with visual impairments

The micronavigation app provides user-submitted navigational clues to help bus riders with visual impairments locate outdoor bus stops more precisely.

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News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

San Diego MTS adds first of 77 propane buses to fleet

The new paratransit buses are 2016 Starcraft Allstars on Ford E-450 chassis. The minibuses are 2016 El Dorado National-Aero Elite 320 on Ford F-550 chassis.

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News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

NY MTA upgrades My Alerts email, text alert system

Customers are now able to request service information at specific times of the day within 30-minute intervals.

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News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

Uber turning to facial recognition to improve safety

As of Friday, drivers will now be asked to take a photo of themselves "periodically" before starting a session where they accept rides and the photo will be matched against a picture Uber has on file.

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News•by Staff•September 26, 2016

FDOT, Fla. Poly partner to develop transportation tech facility

SunTrax includes a 2.25-mile oval track on a 400-acre site in Polk County, centrally located between Tampa and Orlando. 

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