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NewsAugust 17, 2020

Barons Bus Adding UV Light Kits to Combat COVID-19

NFI Parts’ UV Lighting system works to reduce bacteria, viruses, and mold in the HVAC system, creating a safer and more comfortable experience for passengers.

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NewsAugust 14, 2020

FTA Issues Guidance for Transit Joint Development Projects

Projects involve the construction of commercial, residential, or mixed-use projects near transit or on transit system-owned land.

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NewsAugust 14, 2020

MARTA Installing Air Purification Systems at All Air-Conditioned Facilities

The NPBI air-filtering devices eliminate airborne pathogens and deliver clean air without producing ozone or other harmful by-products.

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NewsAugust 13, 2020

DART Installing Masks, Sanitizer Dispensers on All Vehicles

The agency plans to have dispensers available to assist customers on each of their more than 600 buses, 160 light rail vehicles, and four Dallas streetcars by the end of August/early September.

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ArticlesAugust 13, 2020

Breaking Free from Silos: How Microtransit Can Succeed When We Think Big

A look at a solution that can manage a transit system's entire on-demand network by introducing two new transformational concepts, commingling and trip-brokering.

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NewsAugust 12, 2020

Amtrak Updates Tech to Provide Real-Time Look at Train Capacity

Version 4.1 of the Amtrak app delivers significant enhancements to meet customers’ needs, including new initiatives to support personal safety, contact-free travel, and promote physical distancing.

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NewsAugust 10, 2020

Collins Bus Introduces 'CLEAN and SHIELD' Sanitization Program

The powerful, proprietary, no-rinse, no-wipe, one-step, all-purpose “cleaner, deodorizer, disinfectant and anti-allergen” is fogged onto a vehicle’s passenger cabin surfaces and throughout its HVAC system to sanitize, deodorize, and disinfect.

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NewsAugust 5, 2020

New Mobile App Helps TfL Riders Plan Ahead, Travel Safely

The app improves accessibility information by including a “step-free” mode to access easy-to-navigate views of all stations with street-to-platform accessibility.

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NewsAugust 4, 2020

Motorcoach Sales Down 83% in Q2, according to ABA Foundation Report

Also, pre-owned coach sales were down 150 vehicles and new new coach sales were down 294 units, combining for a total 444 less units sold in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2020.

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Transit Dispatchesby Amos HaggiagAugust 3, 2020

5 COVID-19 Lessons to Make Public Transportation Better

Many of the old ways of doing business in the transit world are now in flux. Funding is not as stable as it was, ridership dropped, and full bus occupancy, once a measure of success, is now a thing to be avoided.

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