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Newsby StaffDecember 21, 2018

Siemens awarded $846M Amtrak contract for 75 locomotives

Delivery of the new locomotives will begin in summer 2021, with passenger service starting in fall 2021.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2018

MCI's D45 CRT LE Commuter Coaches completes Altoona Testing

The vehicle received a 10-month battery of tests accelerating a 12-year, 500,000 miles service life.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2018

Miss. transit authorities to purchase Vicinity buses

The City of Oxford, Miss., is the executive agent on behalf of a group of agencies listed for the procurement.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2018

Grande West's Vicinity bus completes independent Buy America audit

Buy America provisions ensure that transportation infrastructure projects are built with American-made products.

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NewsAugust 2, 2018

Senate agrees to 1-yr. ban on transit railcar, bus procurements from Chinese-owned cos.

The Senate prohibition only applies to rolling stock (rail cars and buses), not any other kind of procurement.

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Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2018

Alliance Bus Group awarded Georgia state contract for Vicinity buses

The contract allows for all transportation authorities, statewide, to purchase Vicinity buses with federal funding.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2018

Spanish door manufacturer Masats opens Ga. plant

With the start-up of this plant, the company has achieved the goal of being an American manufacturer of doors, fulfilling the Buy America Act.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2018

Van Hool to open Tennessee plant

The company plans on opening the plant in 2020 where they will produce 400 buses per year with about 500 employees.

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Newsby StaffOctober 16, 2017

Stadler breaks ground on railcar manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City

Its 62-acre property boasts 75,000 square feet of production space for the bogie, main, pre- and final assembly of single- and bi-level trains.

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Newsby StaffJuly 13, 2017

FTA makes $226M in grants available to improve transit bus service

All projects must comply with Buy America regulations, which require that all iron, steel, or manufactured products be produced in the U.S., as well as final assembly of vehicles.

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