Comments on: Why the Sell-off at New Flyer?

By: me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx

me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:26:11 +0000

The competition is now reduced! Production of Orion transit buses to wind down after fulfillment of current orders. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/daimler-buses-reconfigures-operations-in-north-america-2012-04-25

By: me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx

me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:06:41 +0000

I am optimistic about investing in buses. They are unpopular (so lots and lots of potential for growth) but that is slowly changing. Much can be done and is being done to improve bus transportation. Here is an op-ed on how support for public transit (and there is a southeast MI regional transit plan with political support ) is growing in hostile territory: Michigan http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/04/environment_for_support_of_pub.html

By: Tom Konrad

Tom Konrad — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:02:04 +0000

That was interesting. I liked his ideas about branding bus lines (the green line, etc.) and making bus maps more like subway maps.

By: me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx

me.yahoo.com/a/qLpFN29zlpL5lmeKLyTH03GArDAhUcfAlGx — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:35:06 +0000

You were right about the stop-gap transportation bill. A long-term bill that supports transit (why does one that makes it a priority seem too much to ask?) would do a lot to create certainly in the market. New NPR story on buses here: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/29/149625725/op-ed-hate-the-bus-its-time-to-reconsider