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Rule would require interstate commercial truck and bus companies to install electronic on-board recorders to monitor their drivers' hours-of-service (HOS) compliance. The requirement also would relieve interstate motor carriers from retaining certain HOS supporting documents, such as delivery and toll receipts.
Read More →Uses in-vehicle recorders to capture detailed video and vehicle data during sudden stops, swerves, collisions and other events. Captured data is sent to professional safety reviewers who evaluate the events. Fleet managers then use these results to improve fleet performance and overall driving safety.
Read More →Joined by family members of distracted driving victims, including FocusDriven President Jennifer Smith, and representatives from Safeway and the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, Secretary LaHood unveiled a number of new public education initiatives and discussed the important leadership role businesses play in promoting safe driving behavior.
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The 45-foot ComfortClass S 407, which retained the classic "Setra Face" features some European influences, but is designed in accordance to North American standards. The vehicle, which represents an economical alternative for coach companies, will make its debut at the 2011 UMA EXPO.
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Vandalia committed to 'green' initiatives, retaining good drivers
Read More →Research focuses on a case study of a single heavy rail transit agency in North America that embedded a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) process. It also examined the impact of RCM on availability, reliability and safety of rolling stock.
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The patented and proprietary designs for hybrid and all-electric buses significantly reduce emissions and provide lower total life-cycle operational costs, according to the company.
Read More →In Panama, the Secretaría del Metro de Panama awarded a contract to the "Consorcio Linea 1" to build the first line of the Panama Metro. Meanwhile, in Santo Domingo, the Dominican operator OPRET awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Metropolis train sets of three cars each, for the line 2 of the Santo Domingo metro.
Read More →The online platform has been in beta testing since the beginning of the semester and will display the location of vehicles at all times. It will also be made available for smartphones in the future.
Read More →Rail lines and stations, bus routes, retail concessions, special events, and even the CTA logo are on the auction block.
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