Setra call center celebrates first anniversary

Technical call center staffed 24 hours by factory trained advisors.

CDTA, Troy unveil bus priority system

Queue jumpers are signal devices that give buses priority at intersections by permitting them to move ahead of other motorists in parallel lines.

'Essential bus service' proposed in Senate

The proposal frames the motorcoach industry as a more efficient, national feeder system for connecting millions of rural passengers to airports, rail systems and other intermediate points.

METRO Briefs

DCCBNA to offer SmarTire products on Setra coaches

Product upgrade helps ensure driver, passenger safety.

OCTA Conducts First Responder Safety Training

Maintenance Training Manager Michael Tingley and Instructor Pat Courchaine of OCTA’s maintenance training team helped familiarize first responders with the systems on OC Bus.

FMCSA orders Fung Wah to cease all operations

Evidence of significant safety problems and dangerous conditions found on its buses. Company failed to inspect, repair and maintain its vehicles, falsified inspection records, failed to ensure its drivers were qualified and complied with HOS regs, and failed to meet drug and alcohol testing requirements.

TriMet puts audible pedestrian warning system on hold

The system, installed on 10 buses, was activating the announcement either too soon or too late in the course of making a turn, but did activate at other times, such as when the bus was making a lane change. The agency began testing the system on March 1.

Report: Cleaner mass transit focus will spur alt-fuel's growth

Worldwide deliveries of hybrid buses is forecast to nearly triple from 5,514 vehicles in 2010 to 16,328 units in 2016. During the same period, natural gas bus deliveries will increase 61 percent to 15,937 vehicles.