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Newsby StaffJuly 6, 2009

Bombardier supplies Austria, Canada

Received orders for 23 Flexity Outlook trams from Linz, Austria, and for seven Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail vehicles from South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority in Vancouver.

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Newsby StaffJune 26, 2009

CVSA: OOS rates, seat belt violations drop

Approximately 17 trucks or buses were inspected, on average, every minute from Canada to Mexico during the 72-hour period from June 2 to 4, 2009.

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Newsby StaffJune 19, 2009

Canadian transit ridership breaks record

CUTA's most recent national infrastructure survey reported a $40.1 billion need for public transit capital investment for the period 2008-2012. The association also continues to advocate for the implementation of a National Transit Strategy that includes dedicated long term funding to support transit needs in communities of all sizes across Canada.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2009

Daimler delivers first Sprinters to Canada

The three shuttle buses will be used primarily as reduced capacity options for British Columbia-based Charter Bus Lines.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2009

VIA Rail’s departures, arrivals now online

VIA anticipates offering this same service for its trains in Atlantic and Western Canada as a future enhancement and is also in the process of developing a mobile version of this service, which will be accessible by smartphones.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2009

Canada chooses Nova Bus for ITS retrofit

The city of Sudbury’s ITS4mobility system will include next-stop vocal and visual announcements; GPS, for real-time location and schedule information; and text messaging for two-way communication.

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Newsby StaffMarch 31, 2009

SyberWorks equips Houston with learning system

Since 1995, the company has developed and delivered unique and economical solutions to create, manage, measure, and improve e-Learning programs at companies and organizations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and other countries.

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2009

Daimler debuts Sprinter in Canada, delivers Orions to N.Y.

Sprinter shuttle bus will be introduced at the 2009 Ontario Transportation Expo in Toronto, and the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority will purchase 18 40-foot Orion VII CNG transit buses.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2009

Clean Energy to expand, maintain TransLink CNG station

Located at the agency’s Port Coquitlam Transit Centre, in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Clean Energy-operated, high-volume station will be upgraded and reconfigured to accommodate potential fleet growth of up to 125 buses.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 18, 2009

METRO Briefs

Canada pledging $500M to GO Transit. Emanuel: Obama pushed for high-speed rail. Seattle transit faced with $58M revenue dip.

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