Mass Transit

MA: $10 Million for Railroad Bridge Repairs on Way

Ten million dollars is on its way to repair the old downtown railroad bridge across the Merrimack River.

News • May 15th, 2013

CA: Tri Delta Transit to Consider Increasing Fares, Cutting Routes

East Contra Costa's bus line is considering increasing its fares for some of its longer bus routes with limited stop, along with cutting and changing several others that have a limited number of riders.

News • May 15th, 2013

PA: LCTA Director: Drivers Miscounted Senior Riders

Stanley Strelish, executive director of the Luzerne County Transportation Authority, offered the first official explanation of the massive drop in senior riders.

News • May 15th, 2013

Where Americans Want To Live: New Urban Land Institute Report, America in 2013, Explores Housing, Transportation, Community Preferences

Survey Suggests Strong Demand for Compact Development

News • May 15th, 2013

South Africa: Drivers Insist on 10% Increase

If employers do not agree to the double-digit wage increase demanded by striking bus drivers, the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Satawu) will call on train operators to join the strike.

News • May 15th, 2013

FL: Transit Merger Merits Study

It's revealing that such a small item in the state budget for 2013-14 has Hillsborough Area Regional Transit so exercised: a $200,000 study to examine the cost and operational benefits of merging the mass transit systems on both sides of Tampa Bay.

News • May 15th, 2013

ID: CRC Foes, Supporters Step Up Lobbying Efforts

Critics of the embattled CRC project have hired lobbyists from two firms to convince state lawmakers that they can hold off on paying Washington’s share of the project and redesign the bridge to exclude light rail.

News • May 15th, 2013

MD: MTA Leaders Optimistic About Purple Line Project

Project leaders for the Maryland Transit Administration's purple line say they're optimistic that the 16-mile light rail line will be open by 2020.

News • May 15th, 2013

NY: LIRR Plan Would Run More Trains to NYC

The Long Island Rail Road is seeking to extend its tracks at the Port Washington station as a precursor to its intended future service to Grand Central Terminal.

News • May 15th, 2013

FL: Tampa Lossis Transit Lesson

Prominent business and civic leaders in Hillsborough County raised more than $1.5 million three years ago hoping to persuade voters there to pay an extra penny in sales tax to build a light-rail system and put more buses on the road.

News • May 15th, 2013

Ireland: Bus Services Halved by Strike Action

Cross-border bus services including those to Dublin Airport have been halved by strike action by transport workers in the Republic.

News • May 15th, 2013

FL: Ferry Service is Floated

Turanchik, a lawyer with the Akerman Senterfitt firm, has been quietly pitching a proposal to some civic leaders and elected officials on behalf of a client hoping to operate a commuter ferry service in Tampa Bay.

News • May 15th, 2013

Bangladesh: Foundation stone of BRT in July: Quader

The government would lay the foundation stone of a BRT route from Airport to Gazipur in the first week of July to ease the city's chronic traffic congestion, the Communications Minister said today.

News • May 15th, 2013

NJ Transit Remains Silent on How it Prepared for Superstorm Sandy

As superstorm Sandy barreled toward the tri-state area, two of the nation's largest transportation agencies worked to safeguard their systems, moving buses and rail cars to areas they thought would be protected.

News • May 14th, 2013

Metra Considers Cost of Wi-Fi

Reading newspapers and books or taking naps were once the prime pastimes for Metra customers.

News • May 14th, 2013

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