Environmental impact and green focus on bus washing
In today’s world of environmental concerns and impacts of each industry, the bus industry is now giving serious thought to the level of impact on the environment.
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Sun Tran unveils new bus facility
Tucson, AZ-based Sun Tran opened its new 25-acre, $56 million Northwest Bus Facility on Thursday.
The system works because of mutual respect
Southwest Transit, Eden Prairie, MN, serves the workforce and students who make the 30-mile run from Chaska, Shakopee and Eden Prairie into Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota.
Outlook strong for North American travel
For many motorcoach operators and tour companies, 2011 saw a rebound in the tourism and travel business.
Coach America files Chapter 11
Coach America, one of America’s biggest bus operators, filed for Chapter 11 on Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court to protect itself from creditors.
EnTOURtain connects cameras with coaches
EnTOURtain is the word Scott Hayden came up with to describe his broad-brush approach to motorcoach excursions.
Innovation and time drives down the green price tag
Public transportation agencies are now taking bigger steps to go green, certainly more than just offering free rides on Earth Day.
Flybus to test first flywheel hybrid bus
Completed prototype system ready to roll The UK-based Flybus consortium reached a significant milestone in September with its successful integration of prototype hardware into an Optare Solo Midibus. The Flybus system uses a Ricardo Kinergy flywheel as the energy storage medium and a Torotrak continuously variable transmission (CVT) as the means of transferring energy between […]
Bus crashes bring CVSA to the forefront
Deadly bus crashes this year have made news headlines, thrusting bus safety into the forefront. At the same time the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has been shoved into the limelight as well.
Airbag supports do not last forever
Budget Truck and Auto repairs the corroded tubing in three stages By Joel Salter Winters in Wisconsin are particularly brutal on vehicles maneuvering in cold wet weather on salted roadways. As a result, Budget Truck and Auto, Janesville, WI, has become expert at one particular climate-related refurbishment procedure on late model 1990s MCI D coaches […]