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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 23, 2010

FMCSA launches Website redesign

New design, based on feedback from the public, incorporates the latest trends and best practices, and allows visitors to find the information they need more quickly and easily.

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Railby StaffMarch 23, 2010

FRA unveils new train safety tool

Equipment will permit researchers to realistically simulate innumerable conditions and scenarios encountered during railroad operations to help identify safety problems and develop effective solutions.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 23, 2010

Study: Intercity bus continues growth, megabus serves 5M customers

According to DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, intercity bus service continues to rise in popularity. Since its Midwest launch in April 2006, megabus.com has continued to steadily expand and now serves 17 Midwest cities.

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Railby StaffMarch 23, 2010

ENSCO to supply D.C. Metro with track inspection

Will allow Metro to conduct more comprehensive and frequent track inspections throughout the entire 106-mile Metrorail system during the day and when the system is closed.

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Paratransitby StaffMarch 22, 2010

MV's Lodde to step down as CEO

Lodde has served as CEO since August 2008, following Jon Monson's appointment to Chairman of the Board of the company.

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Busby StaffMarch 22, 2010

CH2M Hill lauded for ethics

The fourth annual Ethisphere Institute list highlights 100 organizations that lead the way in promoting ethical business standards.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 19, 2010

ABC delivers to North Dakota bus dealer

The bus features a Cummins ISM engine/Allison Gen4 B500 drive train, with Van Hool’s contoured parcel rack and 23-inch video monitors, REI’s enhanced sound system and leather trimmed Amaya Gaudi passenger seats.

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Busby StaffMarch 19, 2010

President Obama signs HIRE Act

Bill includes an extension of authorizing law for federal transit and highway programs through 2010 and transfers $19.5 billion of general funds from the Treasury into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), including $4.8 billion into the Mass Transit Account.

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Motorcoachby StaffMarch 19, 2010

FMCSA: More commercial drivers buckling up

Seventy-four percent of commercial bus and truck drivers are now using their safety belts. Only 65 percent of drivers were using safety belts in 2007.

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Railby StaffMarch 18, 2010

Illinois passes bill creating HSR Commission

The 12-member commission would issue a road map by March 2011 on how best to structure a public-private partnership to design, build and operate a high-speed rail system at speeds of 150 miles per hour and greater.

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