By the turn of the 21st century, already 25 cities globally had implemented BRT systems. Fast forward to 2022, and worldwide there are 191 cities with operating BRT systems, with 76 BRTs opening in the …
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Bringing school bus operations into the 21st century (FastCompany)
As transportation director at Kimberly School District in Kimberly, Idaho, Shonia Gaston knows a lot about work-arounds… “I started as a driver in 1984,” says Gaston. “We had hand-drawn maps.” In the past 40 years …
Continue readingSeattle to add battery buses that use wireless inductive charging (SmartCitiesDive)
Dive Brief Dive Insight With more than $20 billion in grants available for bus purchases and supporting infrastructure through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, orders for zero-emission transit buses by transit agencies jumped 66% in 2022 over the …
Continue readingThe new Paris T Zen high service level bus lines (EUTTouring)
The T Zen is a high level bus service that operates in a similar way to that of a tram line, even though it is still a bus, and looking rather futuristic compared to the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 January 2024
An analysis of LNER’s new flex tickets, a critique of the UK’s bus policy and the end of airport towers as we know them.
Continue readingStationary energy storage system using 2nd hand ebus batteries starts operation (UrbanTransport)
The life cycle of a drive battery does not necessarily end after having been used in a vehicle. The GUW+ pilot project at Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, to which Daimler Buses is a partner, demonstrates …
Continue readingSome City Bus Drivers Aren’t All That Impressed With Tech (GovtTech)
Bus operators face a lot of challenges on the clock, but they say technology shouldn’t be one of them. From the reliability of newer electric buses to employee monitoring software, drivers weighed in on the …
Continue readingA Bus is a Bus: The Costs of Excess Customization (EnoTrans)
Bus purchases represent one of the largest investments for most transit agencies in the United States. According to the American Public Transportation Association, in 2020 about 11 percent of all transit capital expenditures went toward passenger bus …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 November 2023
• Eurostar Amsterdam to London Trains Will Run Empty (Evening Standard) • Superloop Begins to Take Shape (BusAndTrainUser) • Driving trains on the Jubilee Line for the Last Time: Video (It’s just an idea) • …
Continue readingLondon using eBus pantograph charging to spark a green future (ChargingInfrastructure)
London’s push toward a zero-emission future has reached a significant milestone with the introduction of innovative pantograph technology at Bexleyheath bus garage. This technology facilitates rapid, wireless charging for buses on the all-electric route 132, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 November 2023
• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …
Continue readingZero emission electric double-decker buses for N American market (ElectricAutonomy)
Alexander Dennis, a subsidiary of NFI of Winnipeg, is partnering with Big Rig Manufacturing to make 50 electric double deckers a year at a Las Vegas plant The UK’s largest bus manufacturer, Alexander Dennis, a …
Continue readingNorth American bus manufacturers struggling w/ eBus orders & growing pains (SmartCitiesDive)
Transit bus makers struggling despite federal funding support. Major transit bus manufacturers can’t keep up with orders, and some have encountered financial difficulties. These should be boom times for transit bus manufacturers, especially those producing …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 September 2023
• If the bus networks are poor, then so are we (TheTimes) • Death of the front garden: Brits spending £27Bn turning front gardens into parking (DirectLine) • Holloways, England’s mysterious sunken roads, extend longer …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 August 2023
• DB Cargo UK retiring Class 90 electric locomotives in green blow (RailwayTechnology) • World of Sport: 1982 London double decker bus racing: Video (ElvisKline99) • The distorted geography of Paris bus maps (FabricofParis) • …
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