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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2019

New Flyer launches real-time smart analytics reporting platform

Connect 360™ analytics can be retrieved 24/7 via laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone device using the new CONNECT mobile app.

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Newsby StaffOctober 19, 2018

NY MTA plans smart battery pilot at subway power substation

This approach utilizes the electricity produced by the subway’s regenerative braking.

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Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2018

Calif.'s Beeline breaks ground on new maintenance facility

RNL, now part of Stantec, provided programming, master planning, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and lighting design through Bridging Documents on the 25,000-square foot project, designed to meet and exceed the State of California energy code.

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Newsby StaffJune 1, 2017

Propane Education & Research Council appoints new president/CEO

Industry veteran Thomas Perkins will take on the role following the retirement of current president/CEO Roy Willis after July.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2017

Calif.'s GCTD breaks ground on ops, maintenance facility

The new facility will replace an outdated and deteriorating bus garage located on a three-acre site that was originally built in the 1970’s for a much smaller fleet.

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Newsby StaffMay 3, 2017

Electric and driverless vehicles won’t cut it without shared mobility, report says

Without a concurrent shift away from private vehicle ownership and toward ride sharing, the potential for electric, autonomous vehicles to reduce traffic and sprawl are severely limited.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2017

New MIT study will explore future of transportation

Study examines how developments in technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy, and consumer preference will drive changes in future transportation.

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Transit Dispatchesby Heather RedfernMarch 1, 2017

Making sustainability a 'core principle' helps transit's bottom line

The success of the SEPTA’s first Sustainability Program Plan has resulted in the passage of a second-generation plan —“SEP-TAINABLE 2020”— and made sustainability a core principle for the Authority’s day-to-day operations. Even seemingly easy changes, like replacing fluorescent lights with LED lights have made a difference to the triple bottom line. The plan was recently approved by the SEPTA Board.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2017

New GSA partnership to reduce D.C. Metro energy costs

The partnership lowers Metro’s electricity supply rate within the District, and is expected to save the authority more than $1 million per year compared with existing supply rates.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2017

Jacobs wins NJ Transit rail microgrid project contract

The microgrid will be capable of supplying highly resilient power during critical times when the regional electric grid may be compromised due to storms or other events.

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