ABC delivers to Midwest
Vandalia Bus receives ABC 3035RE, while Compass Coach adds a Van Hool T2145.
Vandalia Bus receives ABC 3035RE, while Compass Coach adds a Van Hool T2145.
Paradise Trailways donated the use of a new Van Hool C2145 to be used throughout the year-long campaign, while ABC designed and donated the Pink Bus wrap graphics.
The Orion VII hybrids use up to 35 percent less fuel, and the entire fleet is expected to reduce carbon emissions by over 5,000 tons annually, depending on the duty cycle in which the buses operate.
McIlwain’s new J4500s are powered by clean-diesel engine technology for lower emissions and feature a Blaupunkt state-of-the-art entertainment system with flat-screen video monitors.
Vermont transit agencies may merge. Bus driver achieved 3 million miles accident-free. Dallas debating natural gas, diesel choices. Mich. restaurant bus fueled by vegetable oil.
“On average, motorcoaches use the least amount of energy and produce the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile of any of the transportation modes analyzed,” the study confirms.
The Department of Homeland Securty has begun accepting applications for this latest round of security grant funding for the motorcoach industry.
Heartland recently completed an addition to its headquarter offices; moved its Topeka, Kansas, branch to a larger location; and added four new MCI models, including the two newest, to its fleet this year.
Coach America also announced that its Chief Operating Officer, Bill Bergstrom, has left the company to pursue other opportunities.
Wilson Bus Lines purchased two new X3-45s, and Orion Pacific bought nine new coaches.
With locations in the Chicago metro area and in Wisconsin and Indiana, Inland Power Group becomes Daimler Buses’ flagship service center in the Midwest.
Finelight will begin its work for the Council by providing marketing and public relations services for two upcoming industry trade shows in January 2009.
Testifying before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, APTA Chair Dr. Beverly Scott, who is also GM/CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), said that APTA has just completed a new survey that identified more than $8 billion in “ready-to-go” projects from 170 public transit systems that could start within 90 days of federal funding being made available.
Positive train control and fatigue in the railroad industry were removed from the list. Both had been included since the list began in 1990.
Emphasizing the need to employ every kind of transportation to meet future demands, AASHTO calls for an overall $545 billion investment from 2010 through 2015 for highways, transit, freight movement and intercity passenger rail.
At North Carolina's Raleigh Convention Center, the United Motorcoach Association welcomed professionals from the motorcoach industry for educational sessions and a show floor featuring equipment suppliers and motorcoach and bus manufacturers.
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