Mass Transit

VA: Lynchburg Serves as Example for Rail Service in Other Areas of the State

Lynchburg's ridership on the Amtrak connection to Washington and the Northeast corridor continues to amaze people in other cities, the director of Virginia's Department of Rail and Public Transportation said Tuesday.

News • April 24th, 2013

ME: Train Station Maintenance to Cost Freeport $102,450

Town Manager Peter Joseph proposed a $4.85 million town budget Tuesday that would largely maintain funding for municipal services while accounting for increased costs for athletic field maintenance and the operation of Freeport's train station.

News • April 24th, 2013

CA: Fight Over Spending Transit Funds Nears End with Compromise

A year after a tough fight between state lawmakers and Ventura County officials about how the county could spend its share of state tax revenue earmarked for local transit, a compromise proposal breezed through a Senate committee without dissent Tuesday.

News • April 24th, 2013

CA: Man Hit by VTA Train, Seriously Injured

A man was seriously injured when he was struck by a light-rail train in the area of North 1st Street and E. Gish Road around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, fire and transit officials said, but his wounds are not considered life-threatening.

News • April 24th, 2013

VA: Gov McDonnell Congratulates MWAA on Receipt of Bids for Phase II of Dulles Metrorail Extension Project

Governor Bob McDonnell today congratulated the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority on receiving five proposals for construction of Phase II of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Extension Project last week that were far below expectations, meaning...

News • April 24th, 2013

WA: Tacoma City Council Chooses Hilltop for New Link

After months of process, the City Council on Tuesday finally signaled where it wants the Link light rail line to expand first, with a majority of members tentatively choosing a proposed extension route from downtown to the Hilltop.

News • April 24th, 2013

IN: Allison Transmission to Host International Bus Competition

Transit bus operators and mechanics will compete for awards in five categories.

News • April 24th, 2013

OH: Laketran to Spend Almost $250,000 to Upgrade, Expand Security Cameras

Laketran is aiming to ensure the safety of its customers, employees and the general public by upgrading and installing additional security cameras this summer at several of its properties.

News • April 23rd, 2013

FL: Orange Bus Stop Benches May Face More Oversight

Hundreds of benches dot Orange County's roads, providing rest for the weary and free space for nonprofit groups to promote themselves, as well as a steady stream of private advertising revenue.

News • April 23rd, 2013

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

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