Imperial College facilitates the American Bus Benchmarking Group By Bill Carpenter Now firmly established after one year, the American Bus Benchmarking Group (ABBG) is a first-of-its-kind consortium of mid-size transit agencies with international representation. The premise is to provide its members a confidential member forum to exchange ideas, compare performance, share information and experiences to [...]
May 1 2012 | Posted in
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Design considerations that allow for gaseous-fueled buses By Robert R. Adams Edited by David Hubbard [NOTE: This is a condensed overview of only a few considerations addressed in a white paper by Robert R. Adams, executive vice president, Marathon Technical Services, Heidelberg, OT, Canada, at the request of the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation, Acworth, GA. [...]
May 1 2012 | Posted in
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The Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy, a program Prevost, Sainte-Claire, QC, Canada, supports, again takes place May 16 in Nashville, TN.
May 1 2012 | Posted in
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As more advanced electrical applications are designed into today’s mass transit buses, there is increased use in battery technology to power these new electrical systems.
Apr 1 2012 | Posted in
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‘Transportation You’ leads young women to the transportation industry.
Apr 1 2012 | Posted in
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Beginning this month, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) Metro, which serves the greater Cincinnati area, says its newly installed fareboxes will accept new 30-day rolling passes that replace the current calendar-month-only passes. The new fareboxes replaced 17-year-old technology.
Mar 5 2012 | Posted in
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American Public Transportation Association President and CEO Michael Melaniphy covered a lot of ground in his first state-of-the-industry address.
Mar 4 2012 | Posted in
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There is a tendency to think bus and coach fleets generally do not run fuel efficient, that operating a fleet of buses by nature is a high fuel-consumption vocation and there is just not much anyone can do about it.
Mar 4 2012 | Posted in
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When I became the director of maintenance for with IndyGo, the transit agency for Indianapolis, IN, I first began diffusing what I called my “demographic time bomb.”
Jan 26 2012 | Posted in
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This year marks a milestone for SunLine Transit Agency, as we celebrate our 35th anniversary.
Jan 25 2012 | Posted in
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