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Some of the country’s largest transit fleets are accelerating their alternative-fuel programs, with CNG, clean diesel and hybrid buses leading the pack. Meanwhile, fuel-cell propulsion remains in development.
Read More →The design limitations of cooling systems on older buses have created plenty of hurdles as New York City Transit repowers a portion of its fleet to curtail emissions.
Read More →The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is advising motorcoach operators to inspect all buses equipped with automatic slack adjusters manufactured by Haldex Brake Products for fractured or disconnected control arms.
Read More →Television monitors showing news, route information and advertisements may soon become a familiar sight on transit buses around major U.S. cities.
Read More →Transit buses in New York and other cities in the United States and Canada are featuring ads illustrating the importance of organ donation.
Read More →There is no doubt that preventive maintenance is the key to keeping buses road ready, reducing vehicle operating, maintenance and replacement costs and improving the bottom line.
Read More →To reduce chaos at increasingly crowded curbsides, airport officials coaxed often-reluctant car rental companies into consolidated rental facilities (CRFs) and move passengers in special CRF shuttle buses. Will it work?
Read More →Consolidation in the private bus industry brought new entries into our Top 50, and lowered the average fleet size by 23 buses.
Read More →Orders were placed for new buses purchased by Connecticut Department of Transportation, Detroit Department of Transportation, GO Transit and Oahu Transit.
Read More →A recent audit of Albuquerque, N.M., SunTran's compressed natural gas buses questioned their reliability, safety and maintenance costs. It is another example of a growing skepticism about the operational practicality of CNG.
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