A school district in California is partnering with the Contra Costa County Transportation Authority and autonomous electric shuttle maker Local Motors to provide technical education related to autonomous vehicles. Read More
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Thursday, October 11, 2018, 12:00PM (ET) Building an Alternative Fuel Bus Program: Funding Opportunities and Best Practices for Transit Agencies As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, Clean Cities coalitions foster the nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by working locally to advance affordable, domestic transportation fuels and technologies. Nearly 100
The combination of extreme weather conditions and new engines that tend to run hotter, has increased the demand across North America for vehicle lifts that are specifically engineered for wash bay conditions — this according to a new industry overview from Stertil-Koni. Learn more
Let’s travel back in time for a bit — back to a time when Blockbuster was still in every neighborhood. You would walk in and see hundreds, if not thousands, of different movies to choose from. Unless you were going there for a specific movie, it was challenging to sift through all the different options,
With National Tire Safety Week (May 28-June 3) coming up, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC stresses that proper tire care has a direct impact on the effective operation of higher-level safety systems, from brakes to collision mitigation. Learn more
Now more than ever, fleet assessments are smart business because transit agencies are asked to do more with less and budget constraints force agencies to run cars well past their 30-year design life. An undiagnosed fleet-wide component failure on an aging vehicle can singlehandedly cripple a transportation system, but a midlife assessment is a process
GILLIG LLC has announced it will offer FuelSense 2.0 featuring DynActive Shifting beginning in April. The innovative new method of shift scheduling from Allison Transmission delivers up to 6 percent additional fuel savings beyond original FuelSense software. Learn more
Cummins Filtration has announced FleetguardFIT, the first complete real-time filtration monitoring system that provides customers full visibility to filter and oil life through the use of intelligent sensing and advanced data analytics. Learn more
Link Transit is the first public Transit system in North America to deploy a wireless fast charging system. Learn more about Link Transit
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