COTA receives TSA’s Gold Standard Award
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has received the Gold Standard Award for Excellence in Security from the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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Prevost updates parts ordering and warranty websites
Prevost has updated its parts and ordering and warranty websites.
Proterra to exhibit and present at APTA Paratransit Conference
Proterra will take part in next month’s 2012 Bus & Paratransit Conference, hosted by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
IC Bus celebrates dealer achievements
IC Bus corporate executives and nearly 100 dealer executives recently gathered for the annual, two-day IC Bus Dealer Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
DOT awards major Busway contract as DEEP permit is approved
With the approval by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) of a wetlands permit for the New Britain-Hartford Busway, the Department of Transportation (DOT) today awarded the largest of the construction contracts to build the 9.4 mile bus rapid transit project.
Metro Nashville's fuel-hedging program saves $6.5 million
A fuel-hedging program implemented by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in 2009 to offset rising gas prices has saved Metro Nashville and agency partners nearly $6.5 million in fuel purchases.
A company rebrands to do more
BUSRide Motorcoach Industry Achievement Award winner J. Alan Thrasher and Reggie Haslam lead the Vectour Group in group coach moves.
Four reasons to employ RTLS
It is difficult in today’s technology-driven society to imagine large transit operators relying on pen and paper to manually track the location of the buses in their fleet.
Battery maintenance for transit buses
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.
NB4L enters service
NB4L is text-speak for the New Bus for London that Mayor Johnson promised when he took office in 2008.