Mass Transit

NM: Bike and Bus Pass Incentive Proposed

A proposed city program could soon offer Santa Feans even more incentive to hop on a bike.

News • April 8th, 2013

CA: 13 Hurt When Metrolink Train Crashes into Dump Truck

Thirteen people were hurt Saturday when a Metrolink commuter train collided with a dump truck in Pacoima. Nine of the train's 190 passengers were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.

News • April 8th, 2013

WA: Landslide Derails 3 Cars on Amtrak Train Originating in Chicago

Passengers on an Amtrak train bound from Chicago to Seattle had to take buses the last 30 miles of their trip following a minor derailment this morning caused by a landslide, railroad spokesmen said.

News • April 8th, 2013

ON: York Police Investigating Transit Arrest; Officer Reassigned to Administrative Duties

York Region Transit has reassigned a special constable to administrative duties after a video surfaced showing the constable detaining a customer by pinning her to the ground as she cries out.

News • April 8th, 2013

GA: Transit Agency Auditor Resigns After Embezzlement Charges

MARTA officials are investigating how its chief auditor was hired despite a history of financial red flags, but they vowed the setback wouldn't derail plans to transform the troubled transit authority.

News • April 5th, 2013

AZ: Injured Cyclist Files $3M Claim Over Tucson Streetcar Tracks

A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury when she crashed her bicycle on the newly installed streetcar tracks has filed a claim against the Regional Transportation Authority.

News • April 5th, 2013

NY: Dem Lawmakers Call to Fill Nassau's Vacant MTA Seat

Two Nassau County Democratic lawmakers are calling on County Executive Edward Mangano and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to fill Nassau's seat on the Metropolitan Transit Authority board — a spot that has been vacant for more than 14 months.

News • April 5th, 2013

FL: In the Air and On the Rails at TIA

The master plan that Tampa International Airport adopted Thursday lays the groundwork for adding flights and boosting the airport's role as a regional economic engine. It strikes the right balance between investing in the future and being realistic...

News • April 5th, 2013

TX: Rail Study on Track

Views about establishing rail passenger service between Texas and Oklahoma, with stops in between, differ greatly.

News • April 5th, 2013

MN: Kids With Toy Guns on Metro Transit Bus Arrested in Minneapolis

Police arrested two juveniles Tuesday evening after they boarded a Metro Transit bus in north Minneapolis carrying toy guns and causing "some alarm" among the passengers, authorities said Wednesday.

News • April 4th, 2013

VA: Virginia Beach Light-Rail Briefing Won't Include Costs

The City Council will have to wait until Friday to get more information about a proposal from a private development group to extend light rail five miles east.

News • April 4th, 2013

SC: New Columbia Bus Riders Group Aims to be Heard

If a newly formed bus riders group has its way, riders in the Midlands will have a greater say in decisions made regarding public transportation.

News • April 4th, 2013

FL: Westshore Picked for Transit Hub

A Florida Department of Transportation feasibility study determined that such a hub will be needed to link whatever mass transit systems — what FDOT calls "premium transit" systems — that leaders and voters in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties...

News • April 4th, 2013

TX: Passengers Would Pay $5 to $8 Fare on Arlington Bus Service to CentrePort

Riders using a proposed bus service between downtown Arlington and the Trinity Railway Express CentrePort Station could be asked to pay a fare between $5 and $8, city officials said this week.

News • April 4th, 2013

NC: Greensboro's Cheryl McQueary Joins NC Transportation Board

The area's new representative on the state Board of Transportation brings to her role a background with technology companies and two federal agencies.

News • April 4th, 2013

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