Georgia Passes Ban on Texting While Driving

Georgia has taken the country one step closer to a nationwide ban on texting while driving as Governor Sonny Perdue signed an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law last week. The new Georgia primary law, effective July 1, prohibits drivers of all ages from texting while driving. Young drivers with provisional licenses are banned from talking on cell [...]

Gray Line New York honors Donald in transit Campaign

The Donald takes the ‘Ride of Fame’ Gray Line New York, the New York City’ double-deck bus and motorcoach tourism company, honored real estate mogul and New York icon, Donald Trump as its next “Ride of Fame” dedicatee. Since 1926, Gray Line New York has been a proud staple of the New York City tourism [...]

FLEX links transit service in northern Colorado

Service between Fort Collins and Longmont debuts this week Tom Hacker writing for the Loveland Reporter-Herald reports FLEX, the new Colorado bus service connecting Fort Collins, Longmont and the territory in between made its debut Monday, June 7. Before today, he says the option for some was to  take the FoxTrot bus from Fort Collins [...]

Winnipeg Arts Council unveils bus shelter as public art

Artist David Perret combines function and aesthetics in City.Block.Stop The only transit shelter designed and built as a piece of public art in Winnipeg was unveiled Wednesday afternoon on the edge of the University of Winnipeg campus. Artist David Perrett designed shelter and nearby sculpture on Ellice Avenue near the University of Winnipeg. He says [...]

FTA Administrator gets candid with transit leaders

Peter Rogoff says BRT as the more cost effective option According to the Washington Examiner, Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff had some very candid comments for the top public transit officials in a May speech he delivered in Boston. Noting that the future of public transportation in the U.S. is in jeopardy, he bluntly [...]

CVSA mobilizes annual Roadcheck June 8-10

NAS Level 1 inspections conducted at 1,500 locations nationwide The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is helping to mobilize thousands of roadside inspectors June 8-10, 2010 to send the safety message to commercial motor carriers and their employees: “Be accountable to yourself, your employer, and those you are sharing the road with to help in making sure all [...]

Motorcoach flips on Garden State Parkway

Police point to driver fatigue as probable cause of early morning crash A charter motorcoach registered to Darkanu Bus Company, Brooklyn, NY, which serves the Hasidic Jewish community, was carrying about 22 people when it ran off the Garden State Parkway in Middletown, NJ, and flipped on its side early Wednesday morning around 5:30 a.m. [...]

Who Does a Bus Wrap?

Veolia and SFMTA operate a three-pronged system

One of Veolia Transportation’s unique paratransit operations is in San Francisco through a contract with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

Front tire failures can turn into a catastrophic event

During the summer months operators tend to focus attention on the A/C and cooling systems, and often overlook tire failure as a concern that deserves equal consideration—particularly on the steer axle.