Mass Transit

MN: Minneapolis City Council Takes First Votes on Streetcar Funding

Minneapolis' ambitious plan to build streetcars through the heart of the city appears to be leaving the station.

News • June 18th, 2013

WA: Seattle Council Leaders Spurn Mayor on Ship Canal Light Rail

Seattle City Council leaders Monday dealt Mayor Mike McGinn an election-year rebuff, saying they would not recommend funding for one of his signature issues — studies of a light-rail crossing of the Ship Canal.

News • June 18th, 2013

IL: Groups Call on CTA to Require New Rail Car Makers to Detail Future Local Jobs

Chicago labor and community groups on Monday called on the Chicago Transit Authority to require bidders on future rail car manufacturing contracts to submit detailed plans for creating local jobs.

News • June 18th, 2013

CT: Metro-North Worker Safety Routines 'Inadequate,' NTSB Says Following West Haven Fatal Crash

A federal agency investigating a train worker's death is making an "urgent" recommendation to improve "inadequate" Metro-North safety routines, encouraging a backup system previously requested by employees and used by other railroads.

News • June 18th, 2013

MI: BATA Plan: Load More Bikes on Buses

Cyclists who pedal the Leelanau Trail between Traverse City and Suttons Bay now have more back-and-forth options.

News • June 18th, 2013

OH: Study: Rossford Gets TARTA Service Below Cost

The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority provides Rossford with an integrated public transportation service at below cost, the city's transportation consultant told city council members last week at a special meeting.

News • June 18th, 2013

NY: Bus Riders Offered Contest

To promote public transit, the Capital District Transportation Authority will be giving out free passes for people with the best stories on how taking the bus saved them money.

News • June 18th, 2013

VA: Council to Consider Bus Service Changes

Residents of the city like Jayne Sampson may have to find another way to get to work if they rely on Petersburg Area Transit buses to go to Southpark Mall, Fort Lee or Virginia State University.

News • June 18th, 2013

PA: STS to Offer Free Rides For Dump the Pump

The Schuylkill Transportation System will be offering free rides all day Thursday in honor of National Dump the Pump Day.

News • June 18th, 2013

CA: Some L.A. County Bus Drivers Say Pesticides are Making Them Ill

Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill -- sometimes while behind the wheel -- from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

News • June 17th, 2013

NJ: NJ Transit Probes Bizarre Bus Trip into New York

New Jersey Transit is investigating why a trip that normally takes about 45 minutes took nearly two hours more Thursday when the driver took a circuitous route into Manhattan's Port Authority bus terminal.

News • June 17th, 2013

NY: LIRR Expands Credit Card Pilot Program

Long Island Rail Road customers won't be the only ones on the train tinkering with their iPhones as conductors next month expand a program to accept onboard credit card transactions.

News • June 17th, 2013

IL: New Jersey's Wi-Fi Deal for Rail Commuters Could Offer Role Model for Metra

Metra has failed to come up with a partner to provide wireless Internet service for Chicago's commuters, but one of the New York area's major commuter rail agencies has found a way.

News • June 17th, 2013

CA: MTA Bus Driver Killed in Crash 'Looked After Everyone Else First'

At 5:10 a.m. Wednesday, Gamboa was traveling west on 5th Street, her bus still empty, when police say a flatbed tow truck going 60 mph ran a red light at Broadway. The collision ripped open the front of the bus, sheared off a fire hydrant and...

News • June 17th, 2013

CT: State Officials: Busway Construction On Time And On Budget

Along busy Flatbush Avenue in West Hartford or at the East and Allen Street intersection in New Britain, the message couldn't be much more dramatic: Towering new bridges announce that the busway is arriving swiftly.

News • June 17th, 2013

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