Orders are from both current and new customers and are for a variety of vehicle configurations and propulsion systems, including 35-, 40- and 60-foot buses with clean diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, gasoline-electric hybrid and compressed natural gas (CNG) propulsion systems.
Read More →Riders can request to be dropped off closer to their destinations between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Read More →Complies with all applicable ADA regulations and is designed for use by wheelchair users, the elderly, children and others.
Read More →Bus Safety and Security Website will give users quick and easy access to a comprehensive resource library that houses more than 1,000 downloadable technical assistance documents, and a community forum to support peer-to-peer information sharing.
Read More →Will provide pre-packaged application program interfaces, or APIs, initially for bus and rail schedules, customer alerts and Bus Tracker. Improved data access will enable developers to create new desktop and mobile applications.
Read More →Simulators, programmed to emulate this environment, will allow the MTD to introduce bus operators to this environment in the controlled setting of the simulator room. Agency hopes to begin using system by mid-2010.
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Houston Metro is placing an additional order for 80 Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid buses for 2010 delivery. This compliments its existing fleet of 56 Orion VII hybrids, which were delivered in 2008, and the 40 units that will be delivered in 2009.
Read More →Bus and motorcoach travelers generate more than $55 billion annually in economic transactions and create employment for nearly 800,000 people.
Read More →Started installing system in 2004 under a self-review model, and will now use DriveCam’s Managed Services Program in all vehicles.
Read More →D.C. Metro signaling system still malfunctioning. More Americans traveling by bus. Students choose transit for prom.
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