I spoke with Roman Duplak, Vice President of Sales at Damera, about the company’s growing role in the North American bus market and the opportunity for smaller, purpose-built transit vehicles.

I spoke with Meg Hodges, General Manager of Tidal Transit in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, about the realities of operating public transit across a large rural service area. We discussed Tidal Transit’s evolution from Kings Transit, the challenges of maintaining service with an aging fleet, the gap between capital and operating funding, opportunities for integrated rural mobility, changing fleet strategies, and how even basic technology could transform day-to-day transit op