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Last month, the government of Panama announced an agreement to acquire METROBUS. METROBUS operates 1,200 buses and seven bus stations, providing bus service to more than 500,000 daily passengers.
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Josh Stoddard is the Director of Vehicle Maintenance at Spokane Transit Authority (STA), a role he has held since at least April 2025. In this capacity, he oversees the maintenance operations for STA's fleet, ensuring the reliability and safety of the vehicles that serve the Spokane community.
Read More →Investigators found serious and widespread violations of multiple federal safety regulations, including inadequate inspection, repair and maintenance of vehicles and instances of falsified driver on-duty status records.
Read More →While at the coffee bar, I was approached by a transit professional who asked where I thought it was safer to place bus stops, at the nearside or farside of an intersection? We agreed that agencies, over the years for safety reasons, have been favoring the farside bus stops as opposed to the nearside stops.
Read More →At the recent APTA TRANSform & EXPO, INIT hosted two unique roundtables in their booth that featured public transit officials discussing how they were able to increase equity, inclusion, and innovation through revamping their fare collection programs.
Read More →John Hroncich discusses BAE Systems’ modular and scalable approach, lessons learned from decades of real-world operations, and how agencies can identify electrification strategies that fit their fleets.
Read More →From “how do you want the system deployed” to “how many journeys and fares are they processing through their platform,” here are 10 things to consider before taking the proverbial plunge.
Read More →In our latest edition of METROspectives, Peter Pan’s Chairman and CEO Peter Picknelly joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss what keeps his operation on top.
Read More →Spartan Motors will manufacture Vicinity buses, which will continue to satisfy the FTA’s Buy America requirements.
Read More →Take a look at the recent news from Tolar Manufacturing Company, Motor Coach Industries, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
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