A Candies Coachworks purchases Fabulous Coach Lines

Through a short negotiation period, Land accepted an offer from A Candies Coachworks to acquire the motorcoach charter business in the North Florida market.

HART leasing Teslas to expand rideshare program

The HART HyperLINK program partners with Transdev to provide direct connections from door to bus stop through an on-demand ride-hailing service similar to Uber,

Clean Energy, Fla. agency partner for CNG fueling station

HART is the first transit agency in Florida expected to transition its entire fleet to cleaner-burning natural gas. The fueling station will be equipped with four fast-fill CNG dispensers to fuel buses, vans and other fleet vehicles.

Creative Bus Sales acquires Fla.’s Transit Plus

The company is a major provider of paratransit buses as well as transit agencies and private operators throughout Florida. Transit Plus is a family owned company with a long history of sales and service in the transit and shuttle markets.

METRO Briefs

SFRTA passes amended Tri-Rail budget

The budget that was passed uses the total county contributions to maintain service. The mandated amounts include $1.567 million for operations and $2.6 million in tax contributions.

ABC marks 40 years at Winter Garden, Fla. facility

Started as a hobby during his “first retirement” by founder Clancy Cornell, the original five-acre facility in Winter Garden, Fla., fortuitously became the incubator for the company’s now nationwide repair and service network.

Gainesville taps Siemens Mobility for connected vehicle deployment

The project will take place along the four-road area surrounding the University of Florida, descriptively called “the Trapezium.”

HART, lawmakers propose bills aimed at protecting transit workers

SB 1416 and HB 951 both seek to curb violent threats against uniformed public servants in the workplace.