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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Nova wins 16-bus order for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority and Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are renewing their fleet.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

Calif. Gov. signs clean transportation bill

Will provide more than $2 billion in funding to help fleets and consumers purchase clean and low carbon cars, trucks, buses and construction equipment.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2013

SPX Genfare features new products at APTA Annual

The company’s latest, Fast Fare-e was developed for rapid and secure electronic payment via bus, bus rapid transit, light rail, paratransit applications and more.

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Transit Dispatchesby Scott BelcherSeptember 27, 2013

Intelligent transportation systems and the urban parking crunch

Virtually all city drivers have suffered through the miserable experience of circling downtown blocks repeatedly in search of parking. Yet there is reason for hope. The Intelligent Transportation Systems industry has been developing smart parking systems that can mitigate the problem by providing drivers, businesses, and metropolitan authorities the information they need to reduce wasted time, energy and money.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2013

New Flyer to deliver 150 Xcelsiors to Calgary Transit

The manufacturer expects to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2013 and deliver all buses by the end of 2014.

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Videosby StaffSeptember 27, 2013

Dr. Joe Schwieterman at BusCon 2013

Conference speaker Dr. Joe Schwieterman at BusCon 2013.

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ProductsSeptember 26, 2013

Fold over ramp

Ricon Corp.'s fold over ramp for low floor buses offers 1:6 multi-slope performance using a patent-pending cam-based design.

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ProductsSeptember 26, 2013

Bus window installer

The VLSC 400 powered vacuum lift installs windows, window units and windshields regardless of shape, size, curvature and method of attachment to the vehicle.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 26, 2013

SEPTA celebrates completion of reconstructed bus loop

The 33rd and Dauphin Bus Loop Improvement Project, a $4 million initiative funded by a competitive grant from the FTA, resulted in a full makeover of the facility, which is a key part of SEPTA's city bus operations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 26, 2013

Bus driver in Ohio crash passed out at wheel

He told police at the scene of the accident that he had been drinking coffee, began coughing and lost consciousness. The bus veered off the interstate and flipped over in the Sept. 14 crash, injuring at least 35 people.

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