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Like smaller models, couples a Cummins engine with an Allison transmission and includes standard features including an engine fire suppression system, lane departure warning system, tire pressure monitor system, ABS brakes, brake pad wear monitoring and warning system, and three-point seat belts.
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Interiors being installed include Hadley’s Swan Collection with Swan AC, Swan Constellation and Swan Select comprising the three levels of amenities, as well as the Wave and mini-OMEGA systems
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City-to-city bus carries expanded their number of daily operations by 4%, exceeding growth rates of city-to-city rail and airline service.
Read More →In her new position, Linda Bohlinger will advise the firm’s transportation clients, drawing on her nationally recognized expertise in project development, funding, and policy, including alternative project delivery, value capture, congestion pricing, and public-private partnerships. She will be based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Read More →John Hertel said in a statement that he wanted to focus on the millage campaign for the regional bus service.
Read More →At Marketplace, two ABA member motorcoach companies, Coach USA, the parent company of Megabus.com, and H&L Charters, won the ABA’s “Green Operator Award,” sponsored by MCI. Meanwhile, Mary Young, owner of Capitol Tours in West Columbia, S.C., won the first ever “ABA Media Women in Buses Award.”
Read More →Driven by the lower cost of natural gas and the lower emissions from natural gas engines, compared to diesel fuel, operators of truck and bus fleets are increasingly shifting to natural gas vehicles. On average, the price of compressed natural gas is about 42% that of diesel.
Read More →Teamsters employees will see their first wage increase in six years next July, when a 2.5% raise will kick in, under the new agreement. The following year wages will increase 2.75%. Agency contributions to employee benefits will also rise.
Read More →Will review a settlement deal that would let Metro Mobility Management Group out of its five-year, $90 million contract to operate the paratransit service. The operation has offered to continue the service until early 2015.
Read More →C-Van carried an estimated 229,970 passenger trips, its highest ever. Service officials are requesting an increase in the paratransit budget from C-Tran, the transit system that operates the service.
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