Category: Bus

TTD: increase oversight for “curbside bus drivers”

April 12, 2016 In a written response to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Request for Comments entitled “Motor Carriers of Passengers That Serve Primarily Urban Areas With High Passenger Loads,” dated April 11, 2016, the Transportation Trades Divis [...]

Tags bus, bus drivers, FMSCA, public transportation

TTD, SMART, labor unions urge DOT to protect bus & transit operators from assault

April 7, 2016 Ed Wytkind, President of TTD, AFL-CIO, John Previsich, President of SMART Transportation Division and other union leaders have released a joint letter to Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), urging the DOT to issue a rule “to protect bus dri [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, assaults, bus drivers, DOT, Edward Wytkind, John Previsich, TTD

FTA announces $266 million in funding to improve bus service

March 30, 2016 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the opportunity to apply for approximately $266 million in competitive grant funding for bus programs nationwide. The funding consists of $211 million in grants for buses and b [...]

Rockland Coaches to get 64 new buses

February 18, 2016 Lohud: The Journal News reports that Rockland Coaches is set to receive 64 new buses for its Red and Tan Line, paid for by New Jersey Transit. Each new bus will hold 57 passengers and feature wireless internet. “The upgrade is fantastic news to us. I’m sure the ri [...]

Tags Local 1558, Rockland Coaches

Register now for SMART TD Treasurers' Workshop

February 4, 2016 SMART Transportation Division will be conducting a Treasurers’ Workshop at the International Headquarters located in North Olmsted, Ohio on March 8-10, 2016. Attendance will be limited to 35 registrants, so those interested in attending are instructed to contact Dora Wolf in [...]

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Registration available for both 2016 regional meetings

February 2, 2016 Members planning to attend one or both of the SMART Transportation Division regional meetings this summer can now make reservations for either city. Click here to register online for the San Francisco regional meeting. Click here to register online for the Chicago regional m [...]

Tags 2016 regional meetings, Chicago, San Francisco

Are school buses safer with seat belts?

December 29, 2015 In an article published Dec. 27, The Advocate speculates whether or not school buses would be safer with seat belts. Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that school buses could be safer with the addition of safety belts. The agency h [...]

Tags nhtsa, safety belts, school bus

SMART leads protest, sparks investigation in L.A.

December 21, 2015 On Tuesday, December 1, SMART members from sheet metal and transportation locals in Los Angeles joined their brothers and sisters in the Jobs to Move America coalition to lead the protest outside the headquarters of BYD Motors, Inc. – a Chinese-owned electric bus company that [...]

Tags BYD Motors, Jobs to Move America coalition

FMCSA requires electronic logging devices

December 11, 2015 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the adoption of a final rule that will improve roadway safety by employing technology to strengthen commercial truck and bus drivers’ compliance with hours-of-se [...]

Tags electronic logging devices, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, final rule, FMCSA

Reform rail/bus equipment purchases, boost jobs

December 9, 2015 $5.4 billion — that’s how much public transit agencies collectively spend on buses and trains each year. U.S. public transportation authorities are using taxpayers’ dollars to employ Americans. Well, sort of — there’s a lot of room for improvement. Thanks to weak laws and pro [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, Buy America, FAST Act, infrastructure, TTD