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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2010

Minnesota Valley demos articulated Nova bus

Will operate on several MVTA routes, ensuring that passengers, drivers and maintenance personnel have the opportunity to provide comments about the bus.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2010

Ottawa students support mandatory transit pass

City plans universal student bus pass pilot program; pass would be mandatory for students at Carleton University and University of Ottawa. Students at both universities voted in favor of a referendum for the bus passes.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2010

U of Minn. students catch the jazz bus

The popular shuttle bus driver, known by students as the “Jazz Man,” plays music from his personal collection on his shuttle bus, and shares his musical knowledge with riders.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2010

Rutgers weighs added bus service

Students request more buses on weekday and weekend routes; the university's Parking and Transportation Services department says proposed changes are dependent on state funding and raising student fees.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2010

U of Mich. plans new transit center

Partially funded by ARRA, the project will reduce traffic, improve pedestrian safety, and provide bus stations that will be able to accommodate more buses from both the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and the University.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2010

Nashville taps ACS for passenger info system

The system will be implemented at Nashville's Music City Central transit center and at bus shelters along the city's new bus rapid transit line.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2010

San Diego starts work at Transit Center

Project will add elevators and a pedestrian bridge, making it easier for transit patrons to move back and forth to the busy Grossmont Center-area businesses on a mesa about 40 feet above the center and Trolley station.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2010

Winnipeg Transit launches text info service

Transit customers can use texting features on their standard cell phones or Web-enabled "smart" phones to find Winnipeg Transit stops nearest them, bus departure times at stops, or find out when the bus they are on will reach a location further along the route.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Daimler delivers Setra S 417 to Atlanta

Seats 56 passengers with Setra’s Nimbus style passenger seating, and includes leather headrest inserts, aisle armrests, autoretracting footrests and seat belts.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2010

Vancouver adds more than 300 Nova buses

BC Transit and TransLink ordered 311 Nova LFS city buses. Of the total, TransLink has taken delivery of 141 hybrid-drive Nova LFS HEV buses.

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