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Greyhound Update: http://www.greyhound.com/en/servicealerts.aspx


BoltBus back on line 11/1/2012 except for Canal St in NYC


Megabus status: http://us.megabus.com/hurricanesandy.aspx

Had I missed this here? Don't recall anyone posting it.

http://www.arlingtontransit.com/pages/news-events/arlington-transit-blog/art-debuting-new-cng-electric-hybrid-buses/

MTA bus and Metro resume at 12:00 Noon. Light rail later today after grade crossing gates reinstalled. Gates taken down to prevent wind damage.


WMATA back on line at 2:00PM on a Sunday schedule.


Ride-On, The Bus, FFX, ART, DASH still off line.

Just checked the Megabus web site and all NEC service is cancelled for today.


BoltBus is down until Wednesday.


Greyhound is suspended NYC-PHL-BAL-DC-RIC-NFK plus service east of Cleveland/Pittsburgh

Testing will be done overnight. Maryland tests will be between Perryville and Wilmington.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-fairfax-bus-service-adjustments-planned-ahead-of-silver-line-opening/2012/09/16/886077e6-fce2-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html

Dallas DART - First of 452


http://www.dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1001


San Antonio VIA - First of 19


http://www.viabrt.net/Involvement/PrimoUpdates.aspx

http://www.newflyer.com/index/news-app/story.104

The strong get stronger


http://www.newflyer.com/index/news-app/story.103


http://www.alexander-dennis.com/media-details.php?s=47&subs=69&catID=1&itemID=136

http://ttmg.org/blog/2012/04/daimler-buses-reconfigures-operations-in-north-america/


According to a Daimler-Benz press release on Trevor Logan's web site, Orion is kaput at the end of the year. No new orders are being taken and the current orders will be completed. Also D-B is about close a deal with MCI where D-B will invest in MCI and MCI will market and distribute D-B's Setra coaches. Very sad for Orion's employees in Ontario and New York.


Now we know why Orion's web site has been stalled. Unfortunately market forces are at work as transit procurement budgets have been slashed. Too many builders, not enough orders.

TV news this morning said 94. One caught fire on US 50.

Maybe I've missed it but no one seems to have picked up on this one way or another. Yeah, the Times is the print equivalent of Fox, but....

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/26/metro-derailed-by-culture-of-complacence-incompete/?page=1&google_editors_picks=true&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=RSS_Feed

Photoshopped? Something looks artificial about it.

http://www.fta.dot.gov/newsroom/12286_14186.html

According to many press reports Veolia will be leaving the transportation business over the next few years.


http://www.veoliatransportation.com/pdfs/Veolia_Transdev_to_Maintain_Strong_U.S._Presence.pdf


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/veolia-idUSL5E7N60I420111206


http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/veolia-to-exit-transport-market-1412.html