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Articlesby Elora HaynesOctober 13, 2025

What India's Everyday Public Transit Reveals About U.S. Challenges

From efficiency to culture, a rickshaw run in India reveals people-centered lessons for building stronger American transit.

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NewsNovember 11, 2020

ViaVan, VBZ Launch On-Demand Ride Service in Zurich

The new service, called Pikmi, will provide shared rides in Altstetten and Albisrieden, and the Triemli and Hardplatz transport hubs.

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Transit Dispatchesby Zach StoneAugust 22, 2019

Tools for defusing conflict with public transportation passengers

When dealing with triggered, erratic, aggressive or emotionally unstable people, we often naturally choose the least effective method of de-escalation.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2019

BYD partners for energy storage systems deployment in Mexico

ESS technology opens the door to a wide variety of applications at the residential, commercial, industrial, and power grid level.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2019

BYD delivers 20 battery-electric buses to Ecuador

The bus fleet service operation is expected to eliminate 12.8 tons of CO2 emissions and the consumption of 2.9 million gallons of diesel.

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Newsby Giles BaileyFebruary 14, 2019

European Cities Respond to Growing Demand for Urban Transport

In a relatively buoyant economy in much of the continent, improving urban transport and creating additional capacity has become a pressing concern over the last decade.

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ArticlesNovember 28, 2018

Alstom Revamps LRVs to Meet Evolving Mobility Needs

The Citadis X05 features a wider gangway, larger panoramic windows, higher speed, and reduced maintenance costs.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2018

The state of national rail franchising in the UK

There are roughly 20 franchises, but these have varied over the years as the government has taken differing views of how most effectively to manage the myriad of train services.

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Newsby StaffOctober 16, 2018

WeGo to pilot tech allowing hybrid buses to convert to battery mode

Select buses will feature the exclusive GPS-based technology from BAE Systems.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2018

Bombardier unveils battery-operated, emission-free train

The new train is the first of its kind and was developed for Germany over the course of the past 60 years.

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