Metro Magazine, July 2018

business briefs 42 mETRO mAGAZINE JULY 2018 metro magazine com GREENPOWER TAPS CREATIVE BUS SALES AS EXCLUSIVE PARTNER GreenPower Motor Co Inc entered into a three year exclusive factory representative agreement with Creative Bus Sales Along with the agreement Creative placed an initial order of 15 buses with GreenPower for their inventory WABTEC GE MERGE RAIL UNITS Wabtec Corp entered into a definitive agreement to combine with GE Transportation a unit of General Electric Co The combination will make Wabtec a Fortune 500 global transportation leader in rail equipment software and services with operations in more than 50 countries NJ TRANSIT ADDS KIOSKS NJ TRANSIT and Intersection teamed up to bring IxNTouch interactive information kiosks to customers in select rail and light rail station platforms mezzanines and waiting rooms The customer experience upgrades are supported by dynamic advertising on the IxNTouch displays INIT LANDS NASHVILLE CONTRACT Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority selected INIT Innovations in Transportation Inc for the design delivery and installation of its Next Generation Fare System The contract includes the setup of a mobile ticketing app from Bytemark and an account based electronic fare and back office revenue management system MV TO PROVIDE CALIF SERVICES MV Transportation Inc was awarded a contract to provide fixed route transportation services by Calif s Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority With the new seven year contract MV will extend its partnership with LAVTA to more than two decades TRANSDEV BRINGING AVS TO FLA Transdev launched its third autonomous vehicle operation in Florida in partnership with the Gainesville Regional Transit System the Florida Department of Transportation and the University of Florida Regular service is expected to begin this summer with a dedicated operator on board to ensure a smooth startup BYD LANDS MONORAIL CONTRACT BYD signed an agreement to construct its SkyRail monorail system in the Brazilian city of Salvador The approximately 12 mile seaside route will be partially built above the sea to connect to an offshore island with another portion traversing above a 19th century railway track that is set to be converted into a pedestrian zone MCI TESTING ALL ELECTRIC J4500 Motor Coach Industries announced that its all electric J4500e prototype ran flawlessly at both low and high speeds up to a sustained 70 miles per hour on the highway The coach is on schedule for January 2020 production and orders are being taken now NATIONAL EXPRESS EXTENDED IN PA National Express received new five year contracts to operate Greensburg Pa based Westmoreland County Transit Authoritys fixed route bus and door to door shared ride paratransit services VIRGIN AECOM CDOT MOVE HYPERLOOP STUDY FORWARD Virgin Hyperloop One the Colorado Department of Transportation and AECOM are advancing to the second half of the Rocky Mountain Hyperloop feasibility study The study has developed an initial design concept for first hyperloop portal located near the Denver International Airport FLIXBUS LAUNCHES U S OPERATIONS FlixBus is bringing its business model to the U S with American travelers now able to purchase FlixBus tickets on major routes in the Southwest including Los Angeles to Las Vegas For Phase 1 of the U S launch 180 initial FlixBus connections will be operated by six regional bus partners RATP DEV LANDS ARIZ CONTRACT RATP Dev USA was awarded the contract to manage Yuma County Area Transit the transit services for the city of Yuma County Ariz The company will directly supervise YCATs daily operations for both fixed route and paratransit services New Flyer King County mark milestone bus New Flyer marked its 10000th bus with delivery of a 60 foot hybrid diesel electric Xcelsior to Seattles King County Metro The articulated bus is propelled by low emission hybrid technologies that reduce air pollution and help evolve the agencys transit bus fleet with lower emission solutions to help achieve its goal of an all electric bus fleet by 2040 The Xcelsior platform which launched in North America in 2010 offers a variety of low and zero emission technologies