Mass Transit

PA: SEPTA Completes Lineup of New Silverliner V Cars

SEPTA received its last Silverliner V railcar on Wednesday, completing the long-delayed delivery of 120 new cars purchased in 2006 for $274 million.

News • March 21st, 2013

PA: PATCO GM Apologizes for Train Stranded on Bridge

PATCO passengers should not have had to wait for more than an hour on a train stranded over the Delaware River on Saturday with little information or assistance, PATCO general manager John Rink said Wednesday.

News • March 21st, 2013

FL: Bike to Work Friday with Mayors, Olympian

To mark national Bike to Work Day, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez plans to hop on his bike at his Coconut Grove home, ride to Metrorail and then take the train to County Hall in downtown Miami. Key Biscayne Mayor Frank Caplan, a lawyer whose office is...

News • March 21st, 2013

FL: Commission Has Transit Discussion Back on Track

The quest for a better transit system in Hillsborough County, seemingly dead after a failed sales tax referendum in 2010, was revived Wednesday by the county commission.

News • March 21st, 2013

CT: West Haven Train Station Advocate Pushes for Garage

A resident who originally fought for the new train station continues to push for an on-site parking garage, questioning why $1.57 million in earmarked federal funding isn't being used for the project.

News • March 21st, 2013

VA: Hampton Roads Transpo Planning Organization to Discuss Moving Forward After GA Bill

At its board meeting Thursday, the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization will begin to sketch out how to spend the region's funds provided under the landmark transportation bill state lawmakers passed in February.

News • March 21st, 2013

MD: Gas Tax Increase Advances in House of Delegates

The House of Delegates turned back a series of amendments Wednesday night seeking to derail a transportation revenue bill backed by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a strong indication that Democratic leaders have enough votes to raise the state's gas tax for...

News • March 21st, 2013

VA: State to See Gain of $3B in Road-Building Money

The 17-member board overseeing the state's major transportation projects met in Lynchburg this week to hear it will gain $3 billion in road-building money over the next six years.

News • March 21st, 2013

CA: SF Transit Agency Approves Settlement in Muni Crash that Killed Oakland Tribune Journalist

The widow of a longtime Oakland Tribune journalist who was struck and killed by a San Francisco Muni train in 2009 was awarded a $900,000 wrongful death settlement Tuesday.

News • March 20th, 2013

NY: Newly Broken Rail Adds to LIRR Delays

For the second consecutive morning, Long Island Rail Road commuters faced cancellations, diversions and delays as crews worked to repair extensive damage to track caused by a derailment near Forest Hills, Queens, Monday night.

News • March 20th, 2013

BC: Teen Girls Arrested in B.C. SkyTrain Stabbings

Two teenage girls arrested late Monday night for allegedly attacking people with a knife on and around the SkyTrain transit line are well known to authorities, Transit police in Metro Vancouver say.

News • March 20th, 2013

UK: Five-Year London Tube Ban for Bromley-by-Bow Sex Offender

A man has been banned from the London Underground for five years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting two women on the Tube.

News • March 20th, 2013

ON: Construction Underway on New Union Pearson Express Railway Station

Construction of a new railway station is set to commence at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as part of the Union Pearson Express (UP Express) air rail link (ARL) project in Canada.

News • March 20th, 2013

Australia: Cameras to Monitor Bus Fare Boycott

Metro Tasmania is warning it may use CCTV footage to check if drivers do not collect fares from passengers as a pay dispute continues.

News • March 20th, 2013

US: House Democrat Seeks More Funding for Transportation Grants

Office of the House of Representative Maxine Waters, U.S. Government has issued the following news release: A senior House Democrat is seeking support for legislation that would pump more money into the Transportation Department’s popular TIGER...

News • March 20th, 2013

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