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Newsby StaffSeptember 18, 2017

New Flyer of America breaks ground on $25M Ala. facility revamp

The 36-acre, five-building campus will feature a new Vehicle Innovation Center dedicated to the advancement of bus and coach technology.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2017

Innovation, clean fleets honored at BusCon 2017

METRO Magazine honored bus operations and their supplier partners for initiatives that helped them improve training, save money, run more efficiently, streamline operations, or improve safety, while PERC honored three operators for championing propane autogas.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 7, 2017

New Flyer investing $25M in Anniston, Ala. production facility

The investment will add fabrication equipment that enhances component manufacturing, streamlines the weld process, expands the operational footprint, and adds capacity and an innovation center for zero-emission bus production.

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Newsby StaffAugust 22, 2017

San Antonio transit chief named among region's best CEOs

During his tenure as head of VIA, Jeffrey Arndt prioritized investments in innovation, implementing a system wide Wi-Fi service, and a full fleet conversion from diesel to CNG vehicles.

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ArticlesAugust 18, 2017

Trip-planning app uses augmented reality to offer live passenger info

INIT, Innovations in Transportation Inc.'s DEPARTURESlive is a multimodal trip-planning mobile app that uses augmented reality to provide the user with not only live views of all the stops nearest to them, but also with live departure information, arrival and departure alerts, pedestrian navigation, and more.

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Newsby StaffJune 19, 2017

LA Metro to be 'Guest of Honor' at European Mobility Exhibition

The exhibition is designed to encourage the sharing of mobility best practices, develop innovation, and tackle the transition from private vehicles to sustainable mobility, especially in major cities.

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Newsby StaffJune 15, 2017

First Transit signs exclusive partnership for autonomous vehicle innovation, research

Will join GoMentum Station and use the facility as a test site for innovative transit applications, including a pilot project with EasyMile and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority to deploy the first SAV shuttle on public roads in the U.S.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2017

UITP Summit Unveils Differing Transport Narratives, Approach to Challenges

While the U.S. narrative included innovation and disruptive change in transport, the prominence and status of the public transport operator was clearly so much weaker in terms of dominating urban thinking.

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Newsby StaffMay 17, 2017

Potential for urban mobility innovation project releases initial findings at UITP

The initial findings of the UMii project, initiated by Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai and implemented by UITP, in partnership with Future Cities Catapult, highlighted the fact that although innovation is often perceived as technology-based, it’s much more than that.

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Newsby StaffMay 15, 2017

APTA, GIE Objectif strengthen partnership to promote sustainable mobility

The agreement is designed to encourage the sharing of beneficial experience and mobility practices, develop innovation, and facilitate transition from private vehicles to sustainable mobility, especially in major cities.

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