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Newsby StaffJuly 10, 2008

Northern Californians to vote on BRT

City council proposing 18-mile bus route.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2008

Iteris wins $2.7M OCTA BRT contract

Iteris Inc. has been selected as part of a multidisciplinary team by OCTA to implement a real-time transit passenger information system and to design an advanced transit signal priority system for three Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors in Orange County, Calif.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2008

Chicago transit supervisors to use bus tracker

In August, the CTA will make the majority of its bus supervisor positions mobile, rather than assigned to fixed locations.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2008

OCTA facility plan saves agencies money

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) and San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD will utilize the pre-existing design plans of an Orange County (Calif.) Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus base in an innovative approach to building transit facilities that is expected to save them each hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2008

NABI to produce CompoBus for L.A. Metro

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has placed an order for 260 CompoBuses from North American Bus Industries Inc (NABI).

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Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2008

Clean Energy wins Akron, Ohio CNG contract

The Metro Regional Transit Authority of Akron, Ohio awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a five-year contract to operate and maintain the fueling station for Metro’s fleet of 45 full-sized compressed natural gas buses.

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Newsby StaffJuly 2, 2008

New Flyer wins 1,234 bus orders

New Flyer Industries Inc. has received orders over the last three months for up to 1,234 buses (1,567 equivalent production units or “EUs”) for a combined value of over U.S. $706 million.

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Newsby StaffJuly 1, 2008

N.Y. MTA and N.Y. DOT partner to launch BRT

New York City Transit is joining the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide Select Bus Service (SBS) - a new type of rapid bus operation employing advance fare payment, dedicated travel lanes and traffic signal priority.

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Newsby StaffJune 24, 2008

Daimler delivers Orion buses to U. of Vermont

The University of Vermont has just added two new 40’ Orion VII Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transit buses from Daimler Buses North America.

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Newsby StaffJune 23, 2008

Labor organization joins transit coalition

The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) joined with a coalition of business and transportation organizations, calling on candidates for office and elected officials to make taking care of the nation’s transportation foundation a national priority.

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