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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2018

Daimler Buses and REV Group team up in North America

New General Distributor REV Coach LLC will start selling Setra motorcoaches in January 2018.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2017

Transport Canada mandates new tech to improve motorcoach safety

In addition to electronic stability control, separate proposed regulations will introduce mandatory electronic logging devices for federally regulated motor carriers (trucks and buses) and their commercial drivers.

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Newsby StaffDecember 28, 2017

Calif. agency bans cannabis ads on buses, ferries

The agency’s decision follows the lead of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which also banned cannabis ads on its vehicles and properties last month.

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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2017

Grand River Transit expands BRT fleet with an order from New Flyer

The 39 buses have been delivered to GRT, with the remaining 9 BRT buses scheduled for delivery in 2018.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2017

U. of Minn. extends contract with First Transit for shuttle ops

Will provide maintenance, operations, and staffing for 27 buses, carrying more than four million passengers annually for both campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2017

Academy Bus to add 6 New Flyer battery-electric buses, charging stations

The buses will be deployed in 2018 on Columbia University's Intercampus Shuttle network, operating between locations in Manhattan, New Jersey, and Rockland County.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2017

SunLine adding 5 New Flyer fuel cell-electric Xcelsior buses

In its partnership with CARB, SunLine will be testing one full-year of revenue service, measuring environmental impact and sustainability of the fuel cell-powered heavy-duty transit buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2017

Grande West lands Canadian Vicinity bus order

The 15 Vicinity buses will be delivered to the Société de transport du Saguenay, the Société de transport de Lévis, and the Société de transport de Trois-Rivières.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2017

4 Greater Boston communities to pilot BRT in 2018

The pilots will include a combination of dedicated bus-only lanes that take bus riders out of car congestion, technology to time traffic signals so that buses get more green lights, and platforms that allow riders to “level-board” the bus quickly as they would a subway.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2017

Cleveland RTA's unveil newly branded MetroHealth Line buses

The MetroHealth Line was developed as part of a naming rights agreement between RTA and The MetroHealth System, executed earlier this year, to rebrand the No. 51 family of routes. Those routes have the second highest bus ridership after the HealthLine.

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