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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 21, 2011

N.Y. sting operation pulls 14 coaches off the road

All buses that were pulled over by state transportation investigators and law enforcement were ordered off the road. One major reason was the lack of an updated hours of service log book.

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Paratransitby StaffMarch 21, 2011

Denver RTD chooses Init ITS

Installation of the new system will support RTD's daily operations by providing powerful tools to help track and monitor the location of vehicles within their multi-modal network.

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Busby StaffMarch 21, 2011

SFMTA board member dies

Cameron Beach, principal of Beach Consulting — a San Francisco-based consulting firm — joined the SFMTA's board in March 2007.

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Busby StaffMarch 21, 2011

DART police to take over rail maintenance facility

Opened in 1914, the building has long been recognized as a historic treasure, but efforts to redevelop it for retail or other transit-oriented uses were unsuccessful, and the maintenance facility for the former Texas Interurban Railway has sat vacant for years.

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Busby StaffMarch 21, 2011

As L.A. rail expands, bus service to shrink

The latest overhaul will slash overall bus service by 12 percent and increase the number of passengers on individual buses. Nine routes are set to be eliminated in June and 11 more would be cut back.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 18, 2011

N.Y. DMV: Coach driver likely made false statements

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office released motor vehicles data to investigators regarding "evidence of false statements" made by Ophadell Williams, the driver of a tour bus in a crash that killed 15 people.

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Railby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Fla. Senator: High-speed rail officially dead

Amtrak, the project’s last hope, said it could not meet the April 4 deadline to compete against other states for the $2.4 billion allocation.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Iowa's Windstar acquires Kincaid Coach’s Neb. branch

The purchase of Kincaid’s Lincoln, Neb. terminal will be Windstar Lines Inc.’s first location outside the state of Iowa.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Starcraft releases MFSAB

The Prodigy XP was designed and built from the ground up in order to utilize the same body style as Starcraft's recently released Xpress shuttle bus.

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Busby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Thales ticketing solution in operation in Mexico

This solution, specifically developed for separated bus lines, includes 100 percent automatic payments, entry barriers and the use of contactless cards.

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