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Fare plans will take effect May 1, 2010. Under the new plan there will be a modest 10-percent increase for local bus and light rail customers. Current Access Link services for people with disabilities who are unable to use regular bus service, and selected bus routes in eight counties will be maintained.
Read More →After Annapolis Transit laid off two transportation department mechanics, the Maryland Transportation Administration has expressed concern over the agency’s ability to properly maintain buses.
Read More →The inaugural Academy course will be held at Prevost's Nashville facility, with instruction provided by its training technicians, technicians from the coach conversion industry and professionals from the entertainer coach leasing business, including veteran drivers, leasing agents and owners.
Read More →GM contends the group committed a years-long scheme in which false entries were made into a maintenance tracking database, showing that 200-plus buses — more than 20-percent of the fleet — had met the required rate an inspection every 6,000 miles.
Read More →In the initial phase of its planned multi-phase fleet-wide initiative, the Metropolitan Council is deploying Nextiva Transit onboard 257 buses.
Read More →Since launching production of the LFS Artic, Nova Bus has been awarded contracts for rapid-transit type buses in cities such as New York, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal and Saskatoon.
Read More →RouteShout, a mobile phone application that delivers next-bus arrival times, is now available for customers to receive MTA schedule information. Customers using RouteShout are able to quickly and easily find bus stops, routes and arrival and departure times on their electronic devices.
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Charged with perpetuating the spirit of the island, the agency known as TheBus, promotes 'the feeling of Aloha' to grow and maintain its ridership, while instituting programs to protect the environment. Two buses in its fleet recently hit the million-mile mark.
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Passengers can begin booking travel at www.megabus.com for May 4 and beyond from newly added cities Pittsburgh and State College, Penn., Des Moines, Iowa and Iowa City, Iowa.
Read More →New campaign to use bus shelter posters and onboard video public service announcements to remind pedestrian commuters to "Stay Focused! Stay Alive!"
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