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Mid-size transit agencies share and compare

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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 [...]

Make the garage fuel flexible

Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority is fuel flexible. Shown is the Perry CNG refueling station.

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. [...]

Celebrity Bus Drivers Academy opens doors this month

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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.

Battery maintenance for transit buses

A battery is only as good as the service and maintenance it receives.

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.

WTS steers toward an international audience

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‘Transportation You’ leads young women to the transportation industry.

SORTA Metro introduces 30-day Rolling Passes

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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.

The future is now for public transit

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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.

Six ways bus fleets can save fuel

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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.

How IndyGo works with its aging mechanics

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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.”

Future is bright for SunLine Transit Agency

Last November the agency unveiled its seventh generation hydrogen fueled vehicle, the first of its kind “Buy America Compliant” American Fuel Cell Bus.

This year marks a milestone for SunLine Transit Agency, as we celebrate our 35th anniversary.

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