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  • NY: Canada Terror Plot Targeted Train that Travels Through Falls and Buffalo

    Canadian authorities Monday arrested two men on terrorism-related charges in connection with an al-Qaida-linked plot that, according to U.S. officials, would have involved attacking a train that travels between Toronto to New York via Niagara Falls...

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • TX: Man Who Hijacked Bus Was a Suspended Bus Driver

    An armed Bastrop man who hijacked a Capital Metro transit bus Saturday before fatally shooting himself was a bus driver suspended in February, officials said Monday.

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • MD: Howard and Anne Arundel Officials Lobby for Regional Bus System

    State and local governments now spend a combined $14 million a year on transit in the Howard-Anne Arundel region. The proposed Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland would take government out of the business of running buses and save at...

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • WA: Bellevue Approves Light Rail Route

    The Bellevue City Council took a historic step Monday night, endorsing a route for Link light-rail trains more than four years after voters approved higher sales taxes to build three suburban lines.

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • WA: Puget Sound Bike Share to Roll Out With 500 Bicycles

    Puget Sound Bike Share is readying for a 2014 launch by hiring the same operating firm that's introducing service in Portland and Vancouver, B.C.

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • WA: Council to Recommend Link Route

    The debate concerning where to extend Tacoma's Link light rail system may come to an end of sorts today, as the Tacoma City Council is expected to tentatively choose a route to eventually recommend to Sound Transit.

    News • April 23rd, 2013

  • NM: Where's that Bus? iPhone App Tells You

    More than 7,000 people have downloaded the ABQ Ride app since June. Developed by Albuquerque-based APPCityLife, the free iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch app "tells where your bus is within about 30 second's accuracy," according to a city of Albuquerque...

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • PA: Legislative Package Would Boost Funding for Natural-Gas Vehicle Conversions

    Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's Act 13 legislation defined the state's approach to shale gas development when it was passed in 2012. The hundreds of pages of law introduced an impact fee levied against drillers, outlined what communities could regulate...

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • MN: Metro Transit Fare Collection is in the Go-To Cards

    Metro Transit riders swiped their Go-To cards in near record numbers during February and accounted for more than half of all fares collected on light-rail trains and buses.

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • KS: Wichita Transit to Purchase 10 New Buses

    Wichita Transit is continuing its upgrade of the city's bus fleet, with plans to purchase 10 more new buses.

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • IL: Area Transportation Projects Receive Funding

    Funding is in place for several transportation projects in the city and county, including a new Danville Mass Transit transfer zone facility and bridge replacements on Griffin and Voorhees Streets.

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • CA: Bullet Train Authority Settles Central Valley Environmental Suit

    A lawsuit alleging that approval of the high-speed rail system's first sections in the Central Valley violated state environmental laws was settled Thursday, eliminating a legal obstacle that could have delayed construction.

    News • April 22nd, 2013

  • IL: House Defeats Measure Allowing Concealed Weapons on Transit

    The Illinois House defeated a concealed weapons proposal favored by gun rights advocates Thursday night, a rejection that could spur negotiations toward finding common ground with lawmakers who want more restrictions.

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • WA: Mariners Fan Hit by Link Train Dies

    Station video shows Heier crossing against the pedestrian signal, while watching the northbound train to his right, and he didn't notice the other train coming from his left, says a preliminary Sound Transit report to the state.

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • IL: Deluge Delays Metra but Doesn't Deter CTA

    CTA users found buses and subway trains to be fairly reliable during Thursday morning's water-soaked commute, but many Metra customers weren't as fortunate. While floodwaters caused the CTA to reroute relatively few buses, the drenching made some...

    News • April 19th, 2013

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