So far, it is not clear if the blast was caused by a technical failure or the vehicle was hit by an explosion. While China termed the mishap as a bomb attack, Pakistan stated that the blast was caused by a gas leak. China on Thursday said it is rushingContinue Reading
by Alison Wiley The electric bus world is growing rapidly, with more purchase orders being placed for them weekly, massive federal funding for them being proposed, and Lion’s announcement of going public and building a huge e-bus manufacturing plant in Illinois with capacity to produce 20,000 electric school buses per year. If you are working toContinue Reading
British multinational transport company FirstGroup is facing a shareholder rebellion over the sale of its two U.S. bus businesses to Swedish private equity firm EQT. Source linkContinue Reading
Buckingham Palace is aware the queen’s image is being used — “representations asking for [the photo’s] removal have been made.” Source linkContinue Reading
A federal mask mandate is still in effect for air, bus and train travel as well as in stations and airports. Source linkContinue Reading
With the majority of the employees belonging to all the four transport corporations not attending duty, buses continued to remain mostly off roads across the state including Bengaluru, affecting daily commuters. Source linkContinue Reading
by Alison Wiley “I don’t understand this contract at all,” a Transportation Director of a medium-sized school district recently told me. Thad (not his real name) had been running buses for decades, almost all diesels, like most of his peers. He’d landed a grant for his first electric school bus andContinue Reading
The way buses in England operate could be on the verge of some big changes. Source linkContinue Reading
In an emailed response to ET’s queries, a spokesperson for Scania said during an audit in 2016 the company became aware of potential wrongdoings at Scania India and further internal investigations revealed misconduct that involved bribing officials from the public sector through business partners. Source linkContinue Reading
The service starts March 11 from Denver to Breckenridge, Colorado and will be expanded to Fort Collins, Colorado in April. Source linkContinue Reading