the National Transportation Safety Board said the bus that crashed on March 12 in New York killing 15 people and injured 18 others was traveling 78 miles an hour when it crossed a paved shoulder and hit a roadside pole.
The Federal Transit Authority is proposing to rewrite bus safety rules due to more overweight riders using bus transit.
York, PA-based Carrier is selling its bus air-conditioning business in North America to Mobile Climate Control.
A just released study sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association finds people who live near public transportation are more apt to be healthier and live longer.
Like it or not, the transportation of passengers is a political business and one that local, state and Federal governments have great interest. Although no longer economically regulated, politicians, regulators, planners and others are weaving plans — plans that can and will ultimately affect every bus and motorcoach company in the nation.
Sometimes it is okay if important changes are not so noticeable. At least this is the case for alterations made to the 2010 Orion VII transit bus by Daimler Buses North America (DBNA), Greensboro, NC. The next iteration made its debut in Cleveland, OH, in May during the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference.
Every two years I carry out much of the research and write a large part of a report which has become an industry standard; the latest edition of “The World Bus & Coach Manufacturing Industry” report is due to be published in June.