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MA: MBTA Throws Its "Wait" Around; Overtime Crackdown Leaves Riders in Lurch

MBTA riders are more likely to wait longer for their next bus as the cash-strapped agency cracks down on overtime spending.

News • May 27th, 2011

PA: SEPTA Board Approves Operating Budget

The SEPTA board approved a new operating budget Thursday that will require no fare increases or service cuts.

News • May 27th, 2011

MA: MBTA Subcontractor and Revere Woman Arraigned in Connection with Alleged Biggest Fare Evasion Scheme in MBTA History.

An employee of an MBTA subcontractor and a female associate have both been arraigned in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally produce millions of dollars worth of MBTA monthly passes and sell them directly to riders, Attorney General Martha...

News • May 26th, 2011

ON: Transportation Minister Sees Gas-Tax as Vital Investment in Public Transit

Ontario Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne just brought the municipality's portion (two-cents per litre sold) to Oakville for use on public transit. This year, this amounts to nearly $2.3 million in Oakville and a total of $318 million...

News • May 26th, 2011

India: Activists for Options Beyond Parking Lots

Traffic and transport activists are aghast at the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) plans to develop another mechanised parking facility in the city, when past experience shows that the facility is a waste of money. The PMC has five multi-level...

News • May 26th, 2011

CA: Muni to Allow Folding Bicycles; Two-Wheelers Must Not Block Seats on Buses, Streetcars

Muni, the Bay Area's busiest transit system, has reversed its long-standing policy that barred passengers from bringing bicycles aboard the buses and streetcars. But there's a catch: Only folding bikes will be allowed.

News • May 26th, 2011

PA: SEPTA Engineers Resist Wearing Fluorescent Vests

SEPTA rail engineers, who have long resisted pressure to wear uniforms, are protesting a new requirement that they wear fluorescent green-yellow vests when operating trains.

News • May 26th, 2011

MN: Second Metro Transit Bus Sex Assault is Linked to Man

A man sentenced last week for the sexual assault of a woman with Down syndrome on a city bus has been linked to another sexual assault of a vulnerable adult, police said Tuesday.

News • May 26th, 2011

Utah: Controversial UTA Board Member Diehl Resigns

Controversial Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl announced Wednesday that he is resigning under pressure -- and the board gave him a parting gift by waiving for him a normal yearlong ban against former members doing business with the agency.

News • May 26th, 2011

DC: Police Seek Four Men in Metro Carjackings

Police are searching for four men who they believe robbed, then carjacked a father and daughter inside Metros Largo Town Center parking garage Wednesday morning, shooting the woman and clobbering her dad on the head.

News • May 26th, 2011

Bomb Explosion on Train in Central Myanmar Kills Two

A bomb exploded on a passenger train in central Myanmar on Wednesday, killing two passengers and injuring nine others, state media reported Thursday.

News • May 25th, 2011

CA: AC Transit to Avoid Service Cuts After All

AC Transit won't need to cut bus service after all in the coming fiscal year because its bleak financial condition has improved, transit system operators declared Monday.

News • May 25th, 2011

Ohen Announces More Than $1 Million for 10 New Paratransit Vans in Memphis

Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the Memphis Area Transit Authority will receive $1,056,000 to purchase 10 paratransit vans to replace 10 2002 BlueBird buses that have met their useful life. The funds are being made available through...

News • May 25th, 2011

FL: PSTA Fires Bus Drivers Over Time-Off Requests

Four bus drivers were fired within the last week after the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority accused them of falsifying requests for time off.

News • May 25th, 2011

DC: Metro Looking at Changing Station Names

The transit agency is planning to review its naming policy this week and ask that alternative names to the long, tongue-tiers be submitted by Aug. 1. Riders may even get to have some input.

News • May 24th, 2011

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