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  • PA: CNG Station Opens in Athens

    Dandy and Chesapeake partnered with the Endless Mountains Transportation Authority to help fund the Athens station through the state Department of Environmental Protection's Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program. The AFIG grant provided $600,000...

    News • May 3rd, 2013

  • MA: Shot T Officer Upbeat in Battle to Recover

    The transit police officer critically injured in a firefight with the bombing suspects said he expects to make a full recovery, adding in a sometimes lighthearted message that he owes his life to the first responders and doctors who saved him.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • PA: Bus Driver Involved in Fatal Accident, in Possession of Pills

    The driver of a bus struck by a freight train at an Evans City rail crossing on Friday had pills that didn't match the labels of the bottles they were in, according to a copy of a police search warrant obtained by the Tribune-Review.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • VA: GLTC Board Requests History of Headquarters Plan

    The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company board wants to go back to the origins of its plans for a new headquarters before taking any more action.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • NC: Wake Representative to be New TTA Lawyer

    State Rep. Deborah Ross, D-Wake, will replace former Durham Mayor Wib Gulley as general counsel of Triangle Transit, effective June 17.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • PA: SEPTA Urges the Public to 'Make the Safe Choice'

    To remind the public of the dangers of walking along, playing by or cutting across its train and trolley tracks and through its rail yards and depots, SEPTA held its first-ever "Make the Safe Choice" Safety Awareness Day on Wednesday, May 1.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • AZ: Group's Transportation Help is Lifeline

    Living in an isolated, rural environment such as Picture Rocks has its advantages, but it also has some major drawbacks for those without transportation.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • Russia's Railways: Connecting a Growing Economy

    As 21st century Russia continues to improve its economic outlook and trade potential, the freight and passenger rail infrastructure of the world's largest country is playing a key strategic role; far more so than the relatively small western European...

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • IL: New Signs Aim to Improve Commuter Connections

    New blue signs and expanded "wayfinding" tools are popping up around Chicago and in two suburbs well-served by public transit, providing a more precise road map to point commuters and would-be riders to CTA and Metra rail stations and CTA and Pace bus...

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • PA: Pittsburgh's East BRT System Ranks 'Bronze'

    The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, which evaluates and rates buses-only corridors around the world, conferred a bronze ranking on Port Authority's Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway, one of only four U.S. systems getting the...

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • MN: Safety Campaign Targets State's Train Passengers

    Minnesota Operation Lifesaver will host a "safety blitz" at Northstar train stations in Minnesota Tuesday.

    News • May 2nd, 2013

  • IL: Gov. Quinn Announces Expansion of HSR Factory in Rochelle

    Governor Pat Quinn was joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Joseph Szabo and Nippon Sharyo Ltd. Chairman Katsuyuki Ikushima to announce the expansion of the Nippon Sharyo passenger railcar...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • WA: Sound Transit Breaks Ground on South Light Rail Extension

    Washington state transit authority Sound Transit has broken ground on a $383.2m project to extend light rail from Sea-Tac Airport to South 200th Street in the city of SeaTac, Washington, US.

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • WI: Documents Point to Strategy to Cancel Flubbed Milwaukee County Paratransit Contracts

    There may be a way for Milwaukee County taxpayers to avoid some of the $8 million cost associated with a pair of three-year emergency paratransit contracts.

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • GA: MARTA Chief Old Ally of Transportation Secretary Nominee

    Charlotte pols have a message for Georgia pols: pull for Anthony Foxx to be secretary of transportation. Then you will have a friend in Washington because he has one in Atlanta: MARTA General Manager Keith Parker.

    News • May 1st, 2013