July 2011 - Page 2 of 5 - BUSRide


NHTSA studying pedestrian safety around hybrid, electric vehicles

Regulations protecting pedestrians and the visually impaired from accidents involving hybrid and electric vehicles could be proposed soon by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Influx of funds keeps Columbia, SC buses rolling

The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority has been given $950,000 of the $3.8 million set aside for transit service in the state’s capital, which will keep buses rolling through the end of September.

On Obama’s watch, action increases against unsafe motorcoach companies

During the last two years of the Obama Administration, the FMCSA has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined.

ASH celebrates 70th anniversary

Phoenix, AZ-based Auto Safety House is celebrating its 70th anniversary.

Blown tire suspected in deadly NY bus crash

A tour bus crash near Avoca, NY on Monday has killed two and left 35 others injured.

INIT, Sacramento partner for electronic fare collection system

The Sacramento Area Council of Governments has contracted INIT Innovations in Transportation to install a new electronic fare collection system.

Naming rights await MBTA properties

Boston-based Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is welcoming RFPs to sell naming rights for its bus, commuter rail and subway lines and stations to its Web site and Charlie Card.

Tour bus pot smugglers arrested

Authorities in Colorado have broken up a large-scale marijuana ring that used tour buses to smuggle pot from Mexico to the Rocky Mountain State.

Quinn signs universal transit fare card bill

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has endorsed a bill that would require state transit agencies to have a universal fare card by 2015.

CVSA Roadcheck 2011 results in various violations

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Roadcheck 2011 in June performed nearly 80,000 bus and truck inspections at 2,550 locations across North America.