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The Plainfield Connector will provide transportation to worksites in industrial parks and the Metropolis mall in Plainfield, Ind. The shuttle is a three-year demonstration project being funded through a Congestion Mitigation Air Quality grant.
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The agency is looking into two possible bus rapid transit lines, with estimated capital costs of about $40 million each, in response to lengthy bus commutes for some of its riders. The region would have to greenlight the two proposed lines to secure federal funding.
Read More →The Series-EV system builds on that core technology but eliminates the need for a combustion engine to drive the bus.
Read More →In collaboration with Rosco Vision Systems will install an automatic camera system that will provide rear video images to the driver to help them make informed safety and operational decisions.
Read More →In addition to having the second largest hybrid-electric bus fleet in the U.S., SEPTA achieved a 19.7% reduction in water usage per passenger miles traveled (PMT); a 10.0% reduction in fuel use per PMT; a 4.0% reduction in electricity use per PMT; and 3.6% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per PMT.
Read More →LAVTA recently completed construction of bus stop improvements at 49 locations, which include distinctive shelters, real-time bus arrival information signs, lighting, benches, trash and recycling receptacles, bike racks, route signage and wayfinding signs.
Read More →The service provider operates bus systems for Louisiana State University and Princeton University.
Read More →In 2017, ABA’s meeting in Cleveland welcomed more than 3,400 tour operators, travel industry suppliers, and exhibitors and generated approximately $115.9 million dollars in booked business during the event and immediately afterward.
Read More →MCI delivered the first 10 motorcoaches to the bus operator in January 2023.
Read More →Nothing can be more frustrating for new Bus Operator Instructors than seeing students, not long after qualifying and moving forward to Depot Route Training, move away from the correct skill applications they were taught on the training bus, to what someone else may be telling them. In many cases that someone else is the Route Bus Operator they are assigned to, who often confront students with a "this is the real world, not the training bus" mentality.
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