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News•by Staff•March 16, 2018

Protran Technology names new director of sales

Kyley Holmstrom brings over 20 years of experience in senior management and sales, engineering operations, and purchasing in the rail industry, to the position.

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News•by Staff•March 15, 2018

GreenPower delivers first 2 all-electric buses to Calif. city

The buses will replace all of the existing CNG-powered transit buses. The EV350 was designed and built by California-based GreenPower, a leading manufacturer of all-electric buses.

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News•by Staff•March 15, 2018

La.'s CATS to add 3 BYD battery-electric buses

With a range of approximately 150 miles on a single charge and a capacity of up to 32 passengers, depending on configuration, the K9S is ideally suited for the needs of Baton Rouge.

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News•by Staff•March 15, 2018

COTA taps new President/CEO

Joanna Pinkerton was recommended by the COTA CEO Selection Committee and then unanimously approved by the full Board of Trustees. 

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2018

APTA urges increase in public transit TIGER grants

Only 3.6% of the TIGER grants that were recently announced went to public transit projects, representing a significant decrease in public transit TIGER grants.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2018

WSP USA names Las Vegas office leader/sr. engineering manager

In his new position, John Meng will provide focus, direction, and leadership, as well as project management and technical expertise on local projects as appropriate.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2018

Chicago Transit Launches New Intersection Content Platform

The CTA is using IxNConnect to ensure that customers will always have access to real-time transit information.

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News•by Staff•March 13, 2018

Pilot program brings Cap Metro bus info to blind, visually impaired

The program, which will run for the next 60 days at 16 bus stops, was developed by Connecthings, in partnership with RATP Dev USA, BlindSquare, and BlueCats.

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News•by Staff•March 13, 2018

Europe's FlixBus to pilot electric buses on long-distance routes

Beginning in April, the first all-electric Flix-E-Buses will begin test operations with the premiere route between Paris and Amiens, France. The second Flix-E-Bus will hit the road between Hessen and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in Summer 2018.

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News•by Staff•March 13, 2018

BART, Caltrain set timetable to equip rail systems with Wi-Fi

BART is in negotiations with a vendor to install Wi-Fi in the transit system’s 46 stations and aboard all of its 775 new cars, with hopes of having a deal by the summer, with Caltrain set to have Wi-Fi on its new trains by 2022.

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