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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2013

Nova Bus delivering LFS buses to Canada

Sudbury Transit’s new LFS Smart Buses include many improvements, from the driver partition to the rear of the vehicle. Inspired by aerospace and rail transportation, their design was optimized based on customer and focus group feedback.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2013

Volvo Bus Corp. names new president

Håkan Agnevall will replace acting president Håkan Karlsson, head of Volvo Group Business Areas.

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2013

Honolulu looks to combine rail, bus services

The move to integrate the two transit systems could save money but also cut positions.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2013

Savannah, Ga. bans double-decker coaches downtown

Many Savannah residents argued the one-square-mile historic district is becoming too congested with tour vehicles.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2013

Coach USA, subsidiaries add 51 MCI coaches

New models come equipped with three-point passenger seat belts, wheelchair lifts, Wi-Fi, 110-volt and power outlets, GPS and Saucon Asset Tracking systems. Electronic stability control, SmarTire and a fire suppression system are standard safety features.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2013

New route helps U. of N.H. students travel off-campus

A new Wildcat Transit bus route will allow students, staff and residents to use transit to travel along the Route 125 corridor from Rochester to the University of New Hampshire. The route has been in the works for the past four years.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 14, 2013

New Flyer wins N.Y., Seattle contracts

New York’s Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority exercised options under an existing contract for 20 60-foot heavy-duty Xcelsior articulated clean diesel buses. Meanwhile, Daimler Buses North America assigned to New Flyer its contract with Seattle’s King County Metro Transit to build up to 381 Xcelsior heavy-duty 35- and 40-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 14, 2013

Bus drivers call for SEPTA to move mirrors for safety

Want outside rearview mirrors repositioned, saying they create a blind spot that endangers pedestrians. While agency officials agree that mirrors can create temporary blind spots, they have resisted refitting them, saying that could cause other safety issues.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2013

Bus service inconvenient for wheelchair users

Riders with disabilities in Felixstone, England, have been asked to keep track of times, stops and routes where they had been denied a ride because they could not get on the bus.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 4, 2013

B.C. students may create bus route

University of Fraser Valley’s Student Union Society is planning to develop its own bus route by hiring a private shuttle bus to run between campuses in the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack. They have been requesting a public transit link between the cities for years.

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