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The Department of Parking and Transportation has upgraded vehicles, switched to a B20 biodiesel fuel mix, and added an automated dispatch service for its late night shuttle.
Read More →Application is already available on 10 campuses across the U.S., including UCLA, the State University of New York Purchase, Minnesota, Stanford and the University of Michigan.
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Historical, restored station less than one mile away from campus now available for students to catch the “Ethan Allen Express” rail service.
Read More →The buses will be put out for bid this spring and should arrive in eight months to a year, depending on manufacturer lead times.
Read More →University cites desire to lessen carbon footprint.
Read More →MagneMotion Inc., a company founded by Richard D. Thornton, emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a $7.9-million grant in 2008 from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to conduct a three-phase test of its patented Maglev technology.
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The Smart Way service introduced a larger, 57-seat motorcoach manufactured by MCI that will replace the current fleet of 32-seat buses traveling between Roanoke, Christiansburg and Blacksburg.
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Lee County Transit plans on purchasing several hybrid buses next year, including one that will service the Florida Gulf Coast University campus.
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By 2015, all vehicles on the Columbia campus will be powered by ethanol, biodiesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), electricity or hydrogen fuel cells. A hydrogen hybrid bus will become part of the university’s shuttle service in January.
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Increases in enrollment, parking constraints and push to go greener cause Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College to begin working with Bay Metro Transit Authority on student outreach, express routes.
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