Mass Transit

CT: Full Commuter Rail Service Expected Wednesday Morning

The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced today that regular Metro-North commuter train service is expected to resume Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013, five days after a major train derailment in Bridgeport.

News • May 21st, 2013

MD: Governor O’Malley Joins Knorr Brake Officials at Opening of New Facility

Governor Martin O’Malley today joined Knorr Brake Company officials for the grand opening of the company’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in the Westminster Technology Park.

News • May 21st, 2013

CT: Steering Clear of 'Carmageddon'; After Derailment, Commuters Find Workarounds

The rush-hour drive between Manhattan and southwestern Connecticut, always slow, was slower than usual. Some trips took roughly twice as long as normal. But "our worst nightmare did not come true," said Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Rail Commuter...

News • May 21st, 2013

Connecticut's Metro North New Haven Line Should be Fixed by Wednesday

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday the tracks damaged last week when two trains collided should be fixed by Wednesday.

News • May 21st, 2013

WA: Party Lines Blur at Transportation Rally

At least three Republican state lawmakers rallied Monday on the Capitol steps with backers of a gas tax and fee increase that would pay for roads, ferries, mass transit and other transportation improvements.

News • May 21st, 2013

CA: Shuttle Buses Get Green Light Despite Strawberry Protests

Shuttle bus service will expand across Marin this summer, with schedule changes that include a controversial route on Belvedere Drive in Strawberry.

News • May 21st, 2013

CT: Surprise Setback For Busway In Hartford

A hearing officer on Monday dealt a startling setback to the politically powerful CTfastrak project, ruling that busway engineers cannot simply close off part of Hartford's Flower Street to pedestrian traffic.

News • May 21st, 2013

FL: City Offers Jobs Incentives for Creative Village, SunRail Projects

Orlando revamped an economic development program Monday to offer job-creation incentives to companies that match the Dyer administration's favored downtown projects: the Creative Village and SunRail.

News • May 21st, 2013

Lynchburg Looks to Build Better Streets

Lynchburg, which is updating its comprehensive plan, has just completed a set of workshops on the philosophies known as "Complete Streets" and "Green Streets."

News • May 21st, 2013

OH: Perrysburg Council to Vote on Transport Contract

Perrysburg City Council will vote today on a contract for Ride Right for a public transportation service that could start July 1.

News • May 21st, 2013

CT: Trains Collide During Friday Evening Commute, 60 Land in Hospital

Fairfield Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Governor Dannel Malloy said.

News • May 20th, 2013

MA: Injured T Cop: 'We Got the Job Done'

The possibility that transit officer Richard "Dic" Donohue Jr. was accidentally shot by another police officer in the wild Watertown gunbattle that left him bleeding from a near-fatal femoral artery wound doesn't faze him, the recovering T cop said...

News • May 20th, 2013

IL: Concealed Carry; Senate Panel OKs Restrictive Bill

A Chicago Democrat ’s restrictive concealed-carry legislation made it through a Senate committee Thursday, with opponents vowing again to fight its passage.

News • May 20th, 2013

VA: Tide at a Crossroads as Virginia Beach Nears Decision

The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.

News • May 20th, 2013

IL: CTA Braces for 1st Workday of Red Line Closure on South Side

Marie Drake was already displeased Sunday morning when she boarded a free shuttle bus near the 63rd Street Red Line station. The Chicago Transit Authority, she said, hadn't done enough to explain the five-month shutdown of the Red Line's Dan Ryan...

News • May 20th, 2013

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