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Cummins engine plants in Jamestown, N.Y.; Rocky Mount, N.C.; and Columbus, Ind., serve over 60 customers who deliver clean-diesel-powered vehicles to America.
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The new model 40-foot Van Hool transit buses are lighter than the earlier generation fuel cell bus, which rolled out in 2007 and continues to operate on various routes in Greater Hartford, including the free downtown Star Shuttle route. Advanced lithium-ion battery systems and a more durable fuel cell powerplant are key features of the new buses.
Read More →Two finalists are John M. Lewis Jr., CEO for the Greater Richmond Transit Commission, and Michael H. Setzer, VP, business development for Veolia Transportation in Cincinnati.
Read More →Halsall Associates is the Canadian consulting engineering firm founded in 1956; Pivotal Projects is its Canadian project management company; and Loop Initiatives is the corporate sustainability consulting business of Halsall.
Read More →The TTC also announced that real-time data for next streetcar arrival information is available, free, to anyone wishing to make use of the data for custom applications. Real-time data for all bus routes will be available in 2011.
Read More →Officials believe the agency needs more qualified union mechanics to do the work on its buses. Too much of the maintenance work is being done by outside vendors, they claim.
Read More →Attendees enjoyed 60 buses and 145 exhibitors on the show floor! Our website has been updated with photos, speaker presentations, text alert winners and more. Check it out.
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The conversion of Yale's shuttle buses and vans from steel wheels to aluminum wheels is expected to save the fleet of 30 vehicles nearly 1,000 gallons of fuel and reduce CO2 output by 10 metric tons per year.
Read More →Students are selling their subsidized bus passes on such sites as Craigslist to buyers with a slight resemblance to the photo on the pass.
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The Transloc application recently added route information for Campus Transit to its fixed-route tracking system.
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