All Sprinters are powered by a 3.0-liter BlueTEC diesel engine and all versions are equipped with a number of Mercedes-Benz safety features — ESP stability and rollover control, ABS anti-lock brakes, Brake Assist and traction control.
Money can be saved by merging administrative functions, cutting premium benefits and changing guidelines that determine the employment terms for transit operators.
Funding will enable patrols of Sun Tran’s transit facilities, with more than $200,000 of this funding dedicated to pay for Tucson Police Department personnel over the next three years. The grant also funds a public awareness campaign to educate riders on transit safety and security.
Commuters have left their cars in the driveway and hopped on the bus, the King County Water Taxi and even bicycles. King County Metro reported more riders than usual on both buses and water taxis.
When service begins again, Metro-North trains will return to the full pre-storm schedule of 26 daily trains and 14 trains each weekend day and the interim train-bus-train service will cease.
Added a seventh hub in Atlanta. Area residents can now travel to 11 cities throughout the Southeastern U.S., including Charlotte, N.C., Memphis, Tenn. and Orlando, Fla.
There were 69 physical assaults in the first nine months of this year — compared with 57 during the same stretch last year.