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Newsby StaffMay 17, 2012

London cable car system may not be ready for Olympics

The 1,000-yard gondola lift line crosses the River Thames in east London and is planned to be both a commuter route and a tourist attraction.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserJune 16, 2011

Coach Carriers Find Stable Work in Sports Contracts

Operators able to get work from professional and college teams say that it is high-stakes and regimented, but well worth it for its steadiness and free publicity. Going beyond transportation by creating an event experience helps.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2011

MARTA approves bus improvements, baseball service

The agency eliminated the Braves shuttle in 2010 because of a sharp downturn in the national economy and a decrease in sales tax revenues that are used to fund the transit system.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 3, 2011

Service expansion, ridership growth fuel BC Transit success

Through innovative planning and customer service initiatives, BC Transit delivered a five-fold increase in service, expanded its fleet to 300 buses, operated 24 hours a day and served over 1.5 million customers in the Sea to Sky region during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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ArticlesMarch 10, 2010

Vancouver transit systems achieve ridership gains from Olympic Games

TransLink SkyTrain ridership was up 54 percent during the first week of the Olympic Games.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2010

TransLink uses INIT during Winter Olympics

In 2006, TransLink partnered with INIT to provide an advanced fleet management system, as well as onboard computers on over 1,500 of their vehicles in preparation for the big event.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 10, 2010

Bombardier's Olympic torch to arrive at Games

Bombardier manufactured 12,000 torches — one for each torchbearer — with final assembly completed by hand in Montreal, Quebec.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2010

Prevost increases service efforts for Olympics

The Delta Prevost Service Center has also set up a Twitter account to communicate with drivers and operators during the Games. The company will be able to post information about open bays and emergency service, and drivers can use Twitter to communicate service requests to the Prevost Service Center personnel.

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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2009

Daimler Buses to deliver 460 coaches for World Cup

Delivery of Mercedes-Benz travel coaches set to commence this month, with the last of the 460 vehicles to be delivered in late April 2010.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2009

First Bombardier streetcar arrives in Vancouver

Bombardier will operate the streetcars as a free service, 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, between Jan. 21 and March 21, 2010. The vehicles are on loan from the Brussels Transport Company STIB.

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