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News•by Staff•July 5, 2016

Public transit, training crucial to connecting unemployed with jobs

The new study analyzes such employment mismatches in the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area and examines the potential of a new approach that integrates transit planning and workforce development.

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News•by Staff•July 5, 2016

CCW upgrades ZEPS electric battery pack

The increase from 311 kWh to 375 kWh comes with no weight penalty, with the pack still weighing less than 4,000 pounds, maintaining ZEPS’ status as the industry’s lightest electric battery system.

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News•by Staff•June 30, 2016

Mass. agency adds 32 Lightning Hybrids vehicles

Kiessling Transit has received a grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that pays for 80% of the cost of the Lightning Hybrids’ systems to be installed on Kiessling Transit’s Ford E-450 passenger buses.

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News•by Staff•June 28, 2016

Secretive Alphabet unit aims to fix U.S. public transit

Sidewalk Labs, a secretive subsidiary of Alphabet (Google's parent co.), is initially offering its cloud software, called Flow, to Columbus, Ohio, the winner of a recent $50 million Smart City Challenge.

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News•by Staff•June 28, 2016

First engine installed in Miami's Brightline locomotive

The Cummins QSK95 engine weighs 31,000 pounds. Installation took approximately six hours during which the engine was lowered into the locomotive by an overhead crane.

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News•by Staff•June 28, 2016

Proterra opens electric vehicle fast-charge tech to transit industry

The company will grant anyone royalty-free access to its patents covering its industry leading single-blade overhead charging design. This includes the bus-mounted, single-blade charging design and the overhead-charging coupler.

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News•by Staff•June 27, 2016

HART becomes only Fla. transit agency to earn environmental ISO cert.

Benefits include higher conformance with legislative and regulatory requirements, improved efficiency, minimized risk of regulatory and environmental fines, reductions in waste and consumption of resources, and better internal controls.

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News•by Staff•June 27, 2016

UGA receives $10 million for electric bus purchase

The19 40-foot buses should arrive on campus in 2017 and are part of the University of Georgia's strategic plan to advance campus sustainability.

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News•by Staff•June 23, 2016

Columbus, Ohio wins Smart City Challenge

The U.S. DOT also announced that it will collaborate with government and private sector partners to help all seven finalist cities in the Smart City Challenge move forward with ideas that each city developed over the past six months.

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News•by Staff•June 23, 2016

Specialty Vehicles unveils new 23-foot 'Mini Trolley'

The SV-23 Trolley is available in gas, LPG or CNG and features the nostalgic trolley details, such as brass stanchions, interior wood paneling and oak slat wood seats.

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