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  • NC: Chapel Hill Delays Vote, Asks Triangle Transit to Pay

    The Town Council delayed approval of a $250 annual park-and-ride fee Monday to ask Triangle Transit for a contribution since its riders also use town-owned lots.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • GA: Macon Transit Authority Offers to Help Warner Robins Start Public Transit

    The Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority has offered Warner Robins, and other Houston County governments, a collaboration that would have buses rolling for the first time.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • WA: Four Ferry Runs Canceled Due to Missing Workers

    Four ferry sailings were canceled Monday morning because of worker absences, delaying hundreds of travelers and showing how fragile the nation's largest marine-highway network has become.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • TX: MetroRail Use Up 40 Percent During SXSW

    If downtown traffic seemed lighter this year during South by Southwest, despite higher attendance at the festivals, Capital Metro officials say at least part of the explanation was MetroRail usage at least 40 percent higher than during the 2012...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • UT: UTA Looking into Ways to Improve Public Transit to WSU

    While progress seems to have stalled on a streetcar system that would connect downtown Ogden to Weber State University, the Utah Transit Authority is looking into other ways to improve public transit to the school.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • MN: St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman Sets Priorities: Rail, Revival

    Concerned that light-rail plans might favor Minneapolis and the west metro suburbs, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has announced the reconstitution of the East Metro Transit Alliance to push for equal state transit investment east of the Mississippi River.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • CA: In S.F., An Uphill Battle for a 'Freeway for Bikes'

    An ambitious street redesign that many residents and business owners say could strip the majority of curbside parking spots from a 20-block commercial stretch, replacing them with bike lanes and miniature parks.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • NE: Council Will Decide Transit Authority's Fate

    The future of the Fremont Transit Authority will be on the line when the city council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Municipal Building.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • IL: Man Stabbed on CTA Red Line

    A 35-year-old man was stabbed tonight on a CTA Red Line platform on the city's Near North Side, officials said.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • NY: New Delays on Rebuilt Metro Rail Cars Has NFTA Rethinking Plans

    It's becoming almost routine for officials of Metro Rail — yet another delay in the program to rebuild all 27 vehicles roaming the Buffalo subway.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • WA: Surge of Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Coming to County

    Two years ago, 22 all-electric cars were registered in Kitsap County. Now, there are 104, mostly Nissan Leafs, according to the state Department of Licensing.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • NY: Development soars along Metro Rail

    Almost three decades after the first subway train rumbled beneath Main Street, Buffalo's Metro Rail system is about to assume the role that was intended and transport thousands of city residents to homes, work and play

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • VA: Hybrid Fee Likely to be Reduced

    A reduction in the $100 fee on hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles included in a sweeping transportation funding package passed by the Virginia General Assembly last month is among the amendments to the package being considered by Gov. Bob McDonnell

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • WA: New DOT Secretary Hopes to Build Trust

    New Washington DOT secretary hopes to build trust

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • PA: SEPTA Proposes New $1.32 Billion Budget

    The budget released this week for fiscal 2014 assumes a $25 million increase in revenue from higher fares scheduled to take effect July 1, at the start of the new fiscal year

    News • March 25th, 2013