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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2017

Chariot launches crowd-sourced shuttle in NYC

In addition to commuter service, Chariot is launching enterprise and charter services in the city.

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Newsby StaffJuly 27, 2017

Calif. Gov. commemorates new Proterra LA manufacturing facility

Partially funded by a grant from the California Energy Commission, the 100,000-square-foot facility has the capacity to manufacture 400 buses annually.

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Newsby StaffJuly 24, 2017

Texas A&M Transportation Institute, partners explore bus system optimization

Project will attempt to optimize traffic flows for bus ridership and utilize data analytics to improve navigation at Texas A&M University.

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Newsby StaffJuly 19, 2017

Metra to install suicide prevention signs

The signs will be developed and finalized as part of a Mental Health Awareness Symposium to be hosted by Metra in September to coincide with National Suicide Awareness Month.

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Newsby StaffJuly 13, 2017

CCW delivers final refurbished bus for Calif. agency

The 30-foot City of Cerritos buses received complete makeovers along with major component replacements consisting of engines, transmissions, suspension parts, radiators, batteries, power steering pumps, surge tanks, and exhaust systems.

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Newsby StaffJuly 13, 2017

MCI delivers J4500 to Wis.-based Babler Bus Service

The company’s new J4500 wears the most advanced features available, starting with the powertrain featuring the Detroit Diesel DD13 engine and Allison transmission.

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Newsby StaffJuly 11, 2017

Buy America rules raising costs for U.S. transit systems, study says

President Trump has repeatedly promised that his policies would require companies to buy and hire American.

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NewsJuly 7, 2017

Profile: Christine Viña, Project Manager for Urban Design, VIA Metropolitan Transit

She is an ambassador for VIA and San Antonio, where she moved twenty years ago from Washington, D.C. to become executive director of the Southtown Urban Main Street Project. She started working for VIA almost nine years ago, when she accepted the position in project management and urban design.

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Newsby StaffJuly 7, 2017

Masabi brings mobile ticketing to Netherlands transport co.

The service is now live across the cities’ 17 lines, which account for more than $100 million in fare revenue per year.

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Newsby StaffJuly 5, 2017

32 arrested in connection with China's 'straddling bus' project

The futuristic idea to lift commuters above congestion quickly attracted international attention when it was launched last year, but was finally officially scrapped last month. There had been growing speculation that it was no more than an investment scam.

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