Category: Industry News

I-STOP Solar-Powered Bus Stop

Listen up, commuters: Victoria-based CARMANAH TECHNOLOGIES Inc. has unveiled the world's first solar-powered bus stop. The i-STOP is powered by sun-charged battery units and promises to light up the lives of weary commuters with illuminated bus schedules and security lights.

Round-up from APTA 2002

Mary Webb, Editor of Jane's Urban Transport Systems, rounds up the news from the recent American Public Transport Association (APTA) 2002 Annual Meeting and International Public Transportation Expo, held in Las Vegas last month. The new Las Vegas Monorail, owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company, is currently under construction.

Solar Power Lights Up Bus Stops

VICTORIA - Solar power is behind a British Columbia company's bid to light up the world's darkest bus stops. Carmanah Technologies Inc. of Victoria says its solar-powered bus stop is a low cost, low maintenance innovation with a night visibility range of 1.6 kilometres. The i-Stop bus stop, to be introduced next week at a public transit exposition in Las Vegas, virtually eliminates instances where bus drivers miss passengers because they can't see them at stops, said Art Aylesworth, Carmanah's chief executive officer.

Sun Lights Canadian-Designed Bus Stops

VICTORIA - North America's first solar powered bus stops have been installed in Victoria. The solar stop is the brainchild of a British Columbia-based company that hopes to sell its light for the world's darkest bus stops - starting with 10 spots in Victoria. The innovative product, called the i-Stop, provides an illuminated transit schedule, a flashing signal to alert bus drivers to waiting passengers, and a security light for passengers.

World’s First Solar-Powered Bus Stop

VICTORIA (CKNW/AM980) -- It's being called the world's first solar-powered bus stop. Carmanah Technologies of Victoria says the I-stop only needs 90-minutes of natural light to charge up its batteries, so it will work even on the "wet coast". One of its key benefits is illuminated isolated bus stops at night.

Hi-tech Bus Stops Appear in Victoria

VICTORIA (CP) -- Solar power is behind a British Columbia company's bid to light up the world's darkest bus stops. Carmanah Technologies Inc. of Victoria says its solar-powered bus stop is a low cost, low maintenance innovation with a night visibility range of 1.6 kilometres.

B.C. Company Works to Light Up Bus Stops

VICTORIA (CP) -- Solar power is behind a British Columbia company's bid to light up the world's darkest bus stops. Carmanah Technologies Inc. of Victoria says its solar-powered bus stop is a low cost, low maintenance innovation with a night visibility range of 1.6 kilometres.

Chicago Harbor Breakwalls Will Get Night Lights

Pilot program aims to prevent crashes

Carmanah Technologies: It Lights the Way

It lights the way in solar-powered LED products for marine, railway and roadway industries

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Solar-power offers long-lasting lighting for bus stops and shelters