Latest Bus Stories
SAINT-EUSTACHE, QC, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ - Nova Bus is pleased to announce its partnership with the Philadelphia chapter of the Conference Of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) in awarding two $2,500 scholarships to deserving students. COMTO is a nationwide organization dedicated to ensuring maximum participation of minority individuals, businesses and communities in all aspects of the transportation industry. Among its initiatives, it offers scholarships to students pursuing careers...
OAK PARK, MI, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) - ("Azure") or (the "Company"), a leading developer of state-of-the-art green technologies that address environmental and cost issues for the commercial transportation industry, today announced that it has sold five Balance(TM) Hybrid Electric buses to Votran, the transit entity for Volusia County, Florida. Votran is managed by the national firm McDonald Transit Associates, Inc. The Votran specified...
New School Buses, Familiar Faces to Greet Returning Students JACKSONVILLE, FL, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Students boarding buses for the first day at many Duval County Public Schools next week will be greeted by some familiar faces, thanks to the successful recruiting efforts of Student Transportation of America (STA), the new school bus company selected earlier this year to provide busing in the Arlington/Beaches area. STA announced today that 85 percent of the former drivers,...
OAK PARK, MI, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - The NAPA Valley Unified School District (NAPA) in California has purchased the nation's first NEXBUS, the only hybrid electric Type A school bus available in North America. NEXBUS is produced by Collins Bus Corporation and features Azure Dynamics Balance(TM) Hybrid Electric drive train which is considered an ideal application for the frequent starts and stops, significant idle time and clean air needs of school service. Azure Dynamics...
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Durham School Services, a subsidiary of National Express Corporation, announced today it has received the first of two NEXBUS Hybrid-Electric school buses from Collins Bus Corporation. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090812/DC60898) The first bus, configured for 20 seats, was delivered to Durham's Rosemead, California location. The bus is built on a Ford E-450 chassis with Azure Dynamic's parallel drive system. NEXBUS is...
GREENSBORO, N.C., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Daimler Buses North America is excited to announce the initial order of up to 500 diesel-electric hybrid buses, with options for up to 200 buses, from King County Metro in Seattle, WA. The base, first year order is for 93 hybrid units. This order comes as Daimler Buses - a full-line manufacturer of transit buses, motorcoaches and shuttle buses - also announces orders totaling 225 Orion VII transit buses, 30 Setra S 417 motorcoaches and 15 Sprinter...
OAK PARK, MI, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) - ("Azure") or (the "Company"), a leading developer of state-of-the-art green technologies that address environmental and cost issues for the commercial transportation industry, today announced their success on a recent bid for 50 Balance(TM) Hybrid Electric Shuttle Buses. Ten buses were ordered immediately by three separate Kentucky municipalities with an option for up to 40 additional buses. The State of...
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Megabus.com, the first intercity express bus service offering fares as low as $1, today announced it is offering an additional 50,000 $1 seats for travel Sept. 14 to Nov. 19, 2009. The $1 seats will be available on all megabus.com departures (subject to availability) in all 30 cities during the Sept. 14 to Nov. 19 travel period. Travelers will need to use the promo code HOTDEAL when booking for a chance to book the $1 fares. "The economy still has...
CINCINNATI, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- With a new school year just around the corner, 25 million students are preparing to board the most iconic of back to school symbols - the school bus. First Student, Inc., the nation's leader in student transportation, offers eight tips to ensure a safe and enjoyable ride each day. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090813/CG55748) School Bus Safety Tips for Children Remain alert at all times; don't listen to your MP3 players, text, talk on your...
Improving bus design cools passengers, saves fuelA simple redesign of public buses used in hot and dry climates could make passengers more comfortable without the need to use extra fuel running air conditioning, according to a study published in the International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems.Sunil Kale of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, and colleagues point out that the majority of passenger trips are taken in open window...
Latest Bus Reference Libraries
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was designed to establish communication between devices and a host computer and is intended to replace many types of serial and parallel ports. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a standard for peripheral devices that began development in 1994. It was originally intended to make it essentially easier to connect external devices to computers by replacing the many connectors that computers had and simplifying software configuration of all the devices connected to...
A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in most modern computers and holds many of the vital components of the system as well as provides connectors for other peripherals. Before the microprocessor was introduced, computers were usually made in a card-cage case or mainframe with the gears connected by a backplane that consisted of a set of slots connected with wires. In much older designs the wires were discrete connections between card connector pins, but printed circuit boards...
A bus is a subsystem that has the ability to transfer data from different computer components, whether in the same computer or two separate ones. Historically, the first computer buses were quite literally parallel electrical buses that had several connections. Today, however, the term bus can be used to describe any component of a computer that has a similar function or intent. A common example of a present day computer bus is a universal serial bus (USB). Computer buses were first created...
