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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2008

Gannett Fleming acquires public transit consulting firm

Through the acquisition, the firm now operates as the Abrams-Cherwony Business Unit in Gannett Fleming’s Philadelphia office and specializes in developing transportation service plans and conducting performance reviews.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2008

Cummins to supply NABI with natural gas engines

Will provide 260 CNG CWI ISL G engines for CompoBus buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2008

University of Akron expands shuttle bus service

University cut its long-term ties with the local transit system, Metro RTA, in the fall of 2007 and has embarked on an ambitious shuttle bus program that provides greater flexibility, control and coverage.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2008

University bus service buoyed by cheaper fuel

The months-long decline in fuel prices has taken pressure off campus shuttle bus programs, providing a funding cushion and reducing the need to consider service cuts, according to several university transportation professionals.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2008

NABI participates in 'Stuff the Bus' effort for the needy

Wichita Transit buses stopped at 68 different locations in Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan., December 1 to 6, collecting gifts donated from local businesses, schools, retail stores and individuals.

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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2008

Sun Metro extends LNG contract with Clean Energy

The LNG is used directly to fuel certain buses as well as converted to CNG fuel, which is used to power the balance of the Sun Metro natural gas fleet that includes 144 natural gas buses, together with six diesel buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2008

BC Transit to receive New Flyer, ISE fuel cell buses

Ballard Power Systems will begin delivery of its HD6 fuel cell bus modules in December 2008 with the remaining modules delivered through mid-2009.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2008

OCTA releases job-generating plan

Ready to respond with $661 million in freeway projects; $102 million in bus transit projects; $128 million in rail transit projects and $1.1 billion in city and county public works projects.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2008

New Flyer wins Toronto bus order

Metrolinx facilitated a joint transit procurement initiative with its partners using common vehicle specifications and consolidating bus orders which could be valued at up to $70 million.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2008

Calif. to test hydrogen fuel cell bus

Designed and fabricated by Colorado-based Proterra, the vehicle can travel 250 miles before needing to be recharged. It runs at double the fuel economy of a diesel bus and releases nothing but water from the engine exhaust.

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