BUSMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE: Iveco's
* UK - CNH Industrial brand Iveco Bus wins an important contract for 300 Eurorider chassis in Egypt
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30.7.14
29.7.14
ELECTRIC BUSMAKERS NEWS * USA & Canada: Proterra's - New Flyer's
* Utah/USA - UTA examining electric bus that recharges in 10 minutes. It is more expensive but has zero emissions
Salt Lake,UTH,USA -The Salt Lake Tribune, by Lee Davidson -Jul 28 2014: -- The Utah Transit Authority took a close look Monday at a possible way to help clean Wasatch Front air: a zero-emissions electric bus with fast-charging technology that can operate 24/7 without conventional refueling... Proterra brought its new second-generation electric bus for inspection by officials of UTA, Park City Transit and the media. UTA says while it is examining the bus for possible future use, it has not made any purchase commitments...
* British Columbia/Canada - Ballard Power secured a contract to supply New Flyer for fuel cell buses
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SCHOOL BUSES * India
* Maharashtra / India - School buses may not ply on high tide, heavy rain days to avoid pothole hazards
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * USA
* Nevada - Buses’ wheels go round and round
Las Vegas NV,USA -Las Vegas Review-Journal, by y MICHAEL LYLE -July 26, 2014: -- From a few blocks away, riders see Transit Bus 108 coming around the corner on Swenson Street causing them to gather their belongings and stand in anticipation of escaping the 100-plus degree heat... “I thank the dear Lord I’m not walking in this heat,” says one passenger... The doors open... It’s time to ride.... In 2013, an estimated 60 million people traveled on the bus system through the Regional Transportation Commission — it’s the nation’s 17th busiest transit system... Fares range from $2 for a single ride to a 30-day pass at $65, but the stories people might hear from traveling on a Las Vegas bus can be priceless... Whether it’s adding signs and advertisements or adjusting issues on the bus, RTC Assistant General Manager, MJ Maynard, says, the RTC relies on its customers’ feedback... “Three years ago, we decided to take our public feedback to a new level,” Maynard says... Instead of assuming what the customers want, they decided to interact directly with people... “We do a formal survey every year,” she says. “If we make a change, we also try to go out and get people’s opinions by doing informal surveys. We have become more efficient from our feedback” ...
* Massachusets - Bridj brings Uber model to Boston buses
Boston, MASS,USA -The Boston Herald, by Jack Encarnacao -July 28, 2014: -- A new “pop-up” bus service called Bridj is applying for the same license every other Boston bus company holds, while maintaining it doesn’t need one to legally operate — a departure from the regulation-shunning approaches of transportation services like Uber and Haystack... Backed by $3 million in venture capital, Bridj creates temporary bus routes based on an analysis of demand, and partners with licensed coach bus vendors for pickups. Bridj began charging for its service last week after a six-week pilot run and receiving a state Department of Public Utilities charter, CEO Matthew George said... George said Cambridge-based Bridj has only applied for a “jitney license” — basically a permit to transport large groups of people — at the request of Boston officials, including Mayor Martin J. Walsh... According to Bridj’s license application, routes launch from Centre Street in Brookline and unload at 640 Boylston St., 100 Federal St. and 347 Congress St., and 250 Kendall St. in Cambridge. Rates ranges from $1.50 to $10 based on length of trip and time of departure, with capacity for 15 to 54 passengers...
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TERMINAL INFRASTRUCTURES * New York / USA
* New York - Nation’s busiest bus terminal is jammed mess
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27.7.14
BUSMAKERS NEWS * India: Volvo's
* Andhra Pradesh - Govt may ask Volvo makers to put fuel tanks in centre to avoid mishaps
New Delhi,India -ZeeBis -July 27, 2014: -- In the backdrop of 52 people charring to death in accidents involving Volvo buses last year, the government may issue directives to manufacturers for minimising impact of such mishaps, including designing fuel tanks in centre and easily accessible emergency exits... The recommendations for change in bus designs has been given by a high-level panel probing two accidents involving Volvo buses last year... In the first accident at Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh on October 30, 2013, 45 passengers were charred to death as a Volvo bus burst into flames after its fuel tank caught fire as the Hyderabad-bound bus from Bangalore hit against a culvert. The entire bus was engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes...
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * India
* Maharashtra - Smart NMMT buses to hit the road within next six months
* Haryana - Bus pass system introduced in three cities
Chandigarh -The Hindustan Times -July 24, 2014: -- The Haryana government on Thursday announced to introduce pass system for city bus service in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Panchkula... Interacting with news- persons here, state transport minister Aftab Ahmed said that the passes would be issued to travel within municipal limits for non-AC and AC buses on monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly basis...
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PASSENGERS' TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * UK
* England - 'Ban older buses to cut emissions'
Leicester,East Midlands,EN,UK -Leicester Mercury, by Dan Martin -July 25, 2014: -- Campaigners want old buses banned from the city centre to try to improve air quality... Healthy Air Leicester and Leicestershire said the city should follow in the footsteps of London, Norwich and Oxford and declare a low-emission zone (LEZ)... The council said it was updating its air quality action plan and an LEZ has been discussed, though not proposed... The campaign group called for a zone covering the central part of the city which only buses that meet the Euro IV standard for emissions would be able to enter... It said the measure would lead to a significant improvement in air quality, by reducing nitrous oxide and particulate emissions...
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BUSMAKERS NEWS * Africa: Yutong's
* Ghana - J.A. Plant Pool launches Yutong executive buses
Accra, Ghana -B and FT on line -July 25, 2014: -- J.A. Plant Pool Ghana Limited has launched new Yutong luxury intercity buses onto the market as the company celebrates six years of Yutong buses in the country... The introduction of the new coaches is expected to boost the popularity of Yutong buses on the country’s roads... Currently, there are more than 1,000 units of Yutong buses in Ghana -- making the brand one of the most patronised buses in the country, with a reputation for good performance and adaptability to the Ghanaian terrain...
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CRACK DOWN BUSES * USA: 'Jersey Jitney' Buses
* New York - 'Jersey Jitney' Buses getting shut down, ticketed by NYPD
NY,USA -DNA Info NY, by Mathew Katz -July 24, 2014: -- The city is targeting cheap, unpermitted shuttle buses that ferry passengers between Midtown and New Jersey, according to officials and passengers... The so-called "Jersey Jitneys" are made up of a patchwork of different bus companies that pick up passengers along West 42nd Street, across from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and take them through the Lincoln Tunnel for as little as $3 a ride... According to passengers and workers for the jitneys, the NYPD has begun to crack down on the companies, either by fining them or simply telling them they can't pick up customers on West 42nd Street... A police source confirmed officers were enforcing DOT intercity bus rules on the block...
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * USA
* Illinois - I. Tollway, Pace pin hopes on bus service
Chicago,ILL,USA -The Chicago Tribune, by Richard Wronski -July 26, 2014: -- The Illinois Tollway and Pace have taken a major step toward bringing more express bus service to the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, and motorists' tolls will help pay for it... Under a partnership agreement the agencies finalized last week, the Tollway will turn over three parcels of land along the Addams (Interstate 90) that Pace will use for new park-and-ride lots, the first ones built along the Tollway system, officials said... Tollway and Pace officials anticipate that the lots, along with new express bus routes and feeder service, will reduce congestion on the Tollway and increase access to jobs in Chicago and employment centers along the Addams corridor...
* Illinois - Grundy Transit System gets multiple new buses
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SAFETY SCHOOL BUSES * USA
* Kentucky - School buses tested for safety
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SAFETY BUSES * Canada
* Quebec - Seatbelts on buses a matter of passenger safety
Montreal,QUE,CAN -The Gazette/Warren Mayhew letter -July 24, 2014: -- I totally agree with the Gazette’s view that all new tour buses should be built with seatbelts for all passengers... I would go even further and require that current tour buses without passenger seatbelts be required to be retrofitted and seatbelts installed... This requirement should also apply to all inter-city buses as well. Companies should be given a time frame to have the seatbelts installed on their current fleet... I know there is a cost involved, but without this requirement, it would take many years for the current buses to be retired and to make all buses safer... Our laws already require that all human occupants of cars and trucks wear seatbelts. These laws should be extended making it mandatory for drivers and passengers of tour and inter-city buses to wear seatbelts... It would help keep people in their seats, instead of becoming flying projectiles, in the case of a crash...
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24.7.14
BUS FIRES * Australia: ... Because new regulations
* Queensland - The school bus that burst into flames, it could happen again because of new regulations to cut emissions
Brisbane,QLD,Australia -AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS/Daily Mail, by SALLY LEE -24 July 2014: -- Paul West, of West National Coaches, says there had been a rise in the number of bus fires in not only Australia but also around the world. He believes such incidents could be the ramifications of a new environmental rule which forced engine manufacturers to reduce emissions... "Because of the change, there is an enormous amount of pressure put on diesel", Mr West told The Queensland Times. "Aviation fuel normally can't burn, but under pressures it burns beyond belief" ... Michael Apps, executive director of Bus Industry Confederation, agreed with Mr West's comments. He says there's no doubt that newer low emission vehicles operate on higher temperatures. Consequently this increases the risk of the vehicle to catch fire after there has been leaking fluid such as coolant, he said...
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * India
* India - CTU buses to be modernised
Chandigarh,Haryana,India -The Hindustan Times, by Vinod Kumar -July 24, 2014: -- Commuters of Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) buses will soon have the facility to know the estimated time of arrival (ETA) of buses to their destination at the bus queue shelters... Chandigarh, along with three other cities of Bhopal, Jaipur and Mira-Bhayandar, has been selected for a pilot project by the World Bank where the city bus services will be modernised. For the execution of the project, the World Bank has sanctioned around Rs. 15 crore... Transport director TPS Phoolka told HT that electronic displays with intelligent transport system (ITS) would be installed at a total of around 250 bus queue shelters spread across the city, which would run the ETAs of all buses touching the bus shelters...
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * USA
* New Jersey - LBI shuttle buses are free ride growing in appeal. 2013 Pilot Program expanded this summer
Long Beach Island,Ocean County,NJ,USA -The Sand Paper, by Juliet Kaszas-Hoch -Jul 23, 2014: -- As the summer moves on, word of Long Beach Island’s free shuttle bus service continues to spread. “The numbers are strong, and getting stronger,” Long Beach Township Commissioner, Joseph Lattanzi said, of those filling seats on the colorful buses, which travel the entire length of the Island from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day... Last summer, the township ran a pilot shuttle program using three donated school buses. Six new shuttles comprise the current transportation program, for which potential passengers need only wait along the road and signal one of the buses to stop. Depending on the day and time, the wait could be anywhere from five to 20 minutes... Lattanzi said, feedback has been positive. He believes the service will continue to enhance the summer experience on LBI, begetting fewer cars on the roads and helping make local businesses more accessible...
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SCHOOL BUSES TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * USA
* Pennsylvania - Haverford school buses going green
* Georgia - Cobb School Buses reduce pollution
Cobb,GA,USA -AC Worth Patch, by Justin Ove -July 23, 2014: --The Cobb County School District's Transportation Department has earned an award for reducing the amount of pollution its school buses generate... The district won the Georgia Diesel Emissions Reduction (GaDER) Gold Award, presented by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), during the Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation’s (GAPT) trade show and conference on Jekyll Island in June... Diesel vehicle using organizations that reduce their emissions by 26 to 74 percent are eligible for the Gold Award, said the school district in a press release... For school systems, reducing their diesel emissions is done by replacing old school buses, equipping school buses with modern diesel particulate filters, or adding vehicles to the fleet which run on alternate fuels...
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BUS RAPID TRANSIT System * USA
* Michigan - Silver Line buses, Grand Rapids' newest, high-tech transportation fleet
Grand Rapids,MICH,USA -MLive.com, by Andrew Krietz -July 23, 2014: -- Come August, city streets will sport buses noticeably different than those on The Rapid's core routes... Green and silver buses, splashed with varying hues of both colors, will go into operation Aug. 25 when The Rapid establishes its new Silver Line route. The fleet clearly is distinct from the bus system's standard vehicles as it serves a separate — yet complementary — purpose: moving people across the metropolitan area, officials say... The Silver Line fleet is an operation of 10 hybrid electric buses designed for the route it serves in addition to 34 stations, said Peter Varga, CEO of The Rapid. Branding initiatives — including colors, logos and station design — launched from the beginning to qualify as a bus rapid transit (BRT) system needing grant funding from federal sources... What transpired was these special buses designed to cut 40 percent off the typical commute time along a 9.6-mile route from downtown Grand Rapids south to Wyoming and Kentwood, Varga said...
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23.7.14
DANGEROUS BUSES * Lebanon: From terrorism to tourism:
* ISIL starts bus tour of 'caliphate'
Beirut,Lebanon -First Post -23 July 2014: -- Known for kidnapping, public stonings, lashings and executions, the Islamic State (IS) is now expanding into tourism, taking jihadists on honeymoon and civilians to visit other parts of its "caliphate"... Running twice-weekly tours from Syria's Raqa to Iraq's Anbar, IS' buses fly the group's black flag and play jihadist songs throughout the journey... One of the first clients was Chechen jihadist Abu Abdel Rahman al-Shishani, aged 26, who took his new Syrian wife on honeymoon, according to activist Hadi Salameh... But the two weren't able to sit together, because "women sit in the back, and men at the front... Abu Ibrahim al-Raqawi, another activist living in Raqa city, said the bus company is "popular" among those with relatives in Iraq... "Many people living in this area (northern Syria through western Iraq) have tribal ties stretching across the border. So they use these buses to visit their families"... Speaking to AFP via the Internet, Abu Ibrahim also said others take the bus "to do business, while some just want to take a break from the shelling in Syria"...
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22.7.14
BUSES PURCHASE * Canada
* Alberta - Big bus purchases on the horizon
Lethbridge,Alberta,CAN -The Lethbridge Herald, by Nick Kuhl -July 22, 2014: -- Lethbridge Transit could be getting 25 replacement city buses and 36 new Access-A-Ride buses in the next 10 years, if funding by the province’s GreenTRIP grant program is approved... In order for an application to be considered at the Alberta level, the municipality has to support it – which city council did unanimously Monday afternoon... The capital cost of the replacement buses would be $22.9 million. The province would cover 66.66 per cent of the funding, with the city providing the additional 33.33 per cent through the Federal Gas Tax Fund, said transit manager Audra McKinley... She said the province has made a significant contribution to improving transit and no additional operating budget would be required for the replacements...
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RARE BUSES * China
* China - Buses with grass keep passengers cool
Urumqui,Chian -cctvnews, by GI Korea -21 July 2014: -- A bus with artificial grass is on the road in Urumqi in China to keep passengers cool as temps hit 30° C ...
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BUSMAKERS NEWS * Sweden: Volvo's
* Sweden - ABB and VOLVO a global partnership for electric and hybrid bus fast-charging
Zurich,Switzerland -TWST -July 21, 2014: -- ABB, the leading power and automation group, announced today a partnership with Volvo Buses, one of the world's leading bus manufacturers, to co-develop and commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems... Global agreement combines Volvo electric and electric hybrid buses with ABB fast-charging solutions, paving the way for rapid deployment of urban e-mobility... The cooperation creates a city-wide standardized charging system for electric and electric hybrid buses that can charge buses quickly through an automatic roof-top connection system at bus stops or through cabled charging systems overnight...
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21.7.14
BUSMAKERS NEWS * China: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus'
* Zhengzhou - Bus maker gains foothold in Venezuela
Port Lianyungang,Juangsu,China -China Daily/ECNS, by Qin Dexing -21 July 2014: -- Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co, China's largest bus manufacturer by production capacity, is pursuing a stronger foothold in Venezuela by assisting the country to build a new plant and more after-sales service stations, as Chinese automakers focus on this new and lucrative market in Latin America... The plant in the western state of Yaracuy has an expected assembly capacity of 3,500 buses a year by 2017. It will produce three models of buses for urban, suburban and rural use, including 25- to 54-seat diesel and gas buses... As part of a bilateral agreement signed in September when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited China, more than 2,000 Yutong buses will be shipped to Venezuela within this year...
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SAFETY on BUSES * China
* Guangzhou - Crowded buses are adding undercover cops to halt a string of arson attacks
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BUSES INSPECTION * USA -
* Georgia - Wheels on the bus ... go round and round
Cherokee,GA,USA -The Cherokee Tribune -July 19, 2014: -- As the Cherokee County School District gears up for the first day of classes on Aug. 4, the school bus fleet is being readied to serve up to 26,000 students each day... Officers with the Georgia Department of Public Safety’s Motor Carrier Compliance division visited the Cherokee County School District bus garages in Holly Springs and Woodstock last week to conduct their annual inspection of the school district’s transportation fleet... More than 400 regular route, special education services and substitute buses were checked in preparation for the 2014-15 school year...
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BUSES' REGULATIONS * USA
* Tennessee - Differences between school bus regulations and Church buses
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PASSENGERS TRANSPORT SERVICES * Canada
* Ontario - TTC buses to replace streetcars on Broadview Ave. from July 20 to August 30
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Toronto Transit Commission -July 17, 2014: -- The Toronto Transit Commission will be conducting streetcar track and overhead wire work on Broadview Ave., between Broadview Station and Queen St.E. from July 20 to August 30. As a result, buses will replace streetcars on Broadview Ave. between Queen St.E. and Danforth Ave... The TTC is committed to minimizing disruption to the community and is therefore taking advantage of the six-week period without streetcar operations to carry out the work. The overhead wire upgrade is necessary for the future operation of the TTC’s new accessible streetcars...
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PASSENGERS' PUBLIC SERVICE * USA: Google's
* California - Google placates the public with their own luxury buses
* North Caroline - Gastonia buses: Lifeline or sinking ship?
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