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Operation Safe Driver Mobilization Week set for October 20-26

Takes aim at distracted driving and driving safely around trucks and buses.

Q'Straint introduces fully automatic wheelchair securement system

Q’Straint has announced the introduction of Quantum, the industry’s first fully automatic rear-facing wheelchair securement station designed for virtually any bus.

Cummins announces new global heavy-duty engine platform

Cummins Inc. today announced a new global heavy-duty engine platform that it has developed to complement its existing global product offering.

DesignLine files for bankruptcy protection

DesignLine, Charlotte, NC, filed for bankruptcy last week after several weeks of furloughs and layoffs, according to the Charlotte Observer.

FMCSA shuts down Florida-based McRea Transportation, Inc.

The FMCSA today announced that McRea Transportation, Inc. one of two unrelated bus companies that had stranded New York City-bound passengers in Virginia following a mechanical breakdown last month, has been declared an imminent hazard.

Volkswagen trainees first in U.S. to receive German apprenticeship certificate

Twelve trainees of the Automation Mechatronics Program at Volkswagen will be the first U.S. students to receive an official graduation certificate by the DIHK and the AHK USA.

Thor Industries announces sale of bus business for $100 million

Allied Specialty Vehicles will buy Champion Bus, Inc., General Coach America, Inc., Goshen Coach, Inc., El Dorado National California, Inc., and El Dorado National Kansas, Inc.

Natural Resources Defense Council: transit saves money and the environment

The NRDC’s study says commuters could save more than $1,800 annually by integrating carpooling, public transit, and telecommuting into their daily commutes.

FMCSA teams with Transport Canada, others, on driver fatigue management tool

FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro and Lisa Raitt, Canada’s minister of Transport, today announced the launch of the North American Fatigue Management Program.

VIA Metro announces new president/CEO

The VIA Metropolitan Transit Board of Trustees has selected Jeffrey Arndt as the agency’s new president and chief executive officer.