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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Group files suit over guns on Madison Metro buses

Claims transit system policy banning firearms from buses and from bus shelters violates a provision in a 2011 Wisconsin law that allows people to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2014

Group files suit over guns on Madison Metro buses

Claims transit system policy banning firearms from buses and from bus shelters violates a provision in a 2011 Wisconsin law that allows people to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2014

San Francisco to charge operators of tech buses

The agreement, which had been in the works for months, took on added urgency in recent weeks as protesters blocked Google buses in San Francisco and Oakland, according to the report.

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Newsby StaffDecember 27, 2013

Illinois transit works to keep buses germ free

Decatur's transit bus fleet is cleaned at night using a strong disinfectant and hand sanitizers and wipes are provided to drivers.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2013

BYD delivers electric buses to London

The ebus battery takes four to five hours to recharge from totally exhausted at a cost of approximately $31, representing a savings of up to 75% of fuel cost compared to a diesel bus.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2013

B.C. shuts down costly hydrogen fuel cell bus program

Four years after being unveiled for the Winter Olympics, the 20 buses will be replaced with diesel buses, which will be an estimated $2.5 million cheaper to run over the course of a year.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2013

NJ Transit to add 84 MCI natural gas buses

Meanwhile, the company announced its Service Centers will deploy three mobile maintenance units in the New York and New Jersey area, Orlando, Fla. and Los Angeles.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2013

N.Y. agency exercises New Flyer options

The 19 option buses are exercised options from a five-year contract. Once the options are exercised, 77 options remain under this contract and are included in New Flyer’s backlog.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2013

New Flyer to supply 40-ft. CNG buses to Calif.

The 10 buses were options under an existing contract signed in September 2008 for up to 90, 40-foot heavy-duty CNG buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2013

Calif.’s SamTrans to debut 25 Gillig hybrid buses

The new diesel-electric hybrid vehicles are replacing 1998 models, the oldest vehicles in the agency’s fleet. The buses will produce 90% fewer emissions than the buses they are replacing, and save $3 million in fuel costs over the next 12 years, according to SamTrans.

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