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The energy-efficient buses, the first in the SamTrans fleet, are expected to be in service throughout San Mateo County by the end of the year. The low-floor buses use long-life, non-hazardous, maintenance-free batteries to capture and store braking energy and advanced solid state controllers to manage and blend power sources.
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Currently available on all rail lines and most South Jersey bus routes, MyTix will enable bus customers on routes serving Port Authority Bus Terminal, Lower Manhattan and George Washington Bridge to purchase and display monthly interstate bus passes on their mobile devices.
Read More →Event retooled and renamed for Marketplace 2009 in Charlotte, N.C. with a more central location and educational seminars.
Read More →Biz Briefs covers the latest supplier news in the motorcoach and public transit industries.
Read More →Board voted to spend $217 million to buy the vehicles, which will be put into operation by 2013. The decreasing price of natural gas made it possible for the agency to make the switch from diesel fuel.
Read More →The new diesel-electric hybrid SmartBuses were purchased with federal grant funds and will replace the eight oldest buses in the agency’s fleet.
Read More →Can use their student ID card to ride at any time on any route, not just for trips to and from campus, as part of a pilot program. Omnitrans will seek student support to continue the program by making it sustainable through student fees.
Read More →Patrons will receive discounts on bus fares, reduced admission to the Minnesota State Fair by showing their library card as part of the "Your Library Card is your Ticket to Ride" promotion on the State Fair's Read and Ride Day, Sept. 2.
Read More →The university said the $4.5 million purchase would give them more parking for events and its new business school, both of which are within yards of the transit center.
Read More →The extension agreement averts a possible strike by CTTRANSIT employees in the Hartford, New Haven and Stamford divisions that could have occurred at midnight on Dec. 31, 2010.
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