Mass Transit

WI: Cost Minimized to Move Utilities for Streetcar, Milwaukee City Engineer Says

The city's chief engineer says design consultants have been able to minimize the impact relocating utility lines would have on a proposed Milwaukee streetcar project.

News • May 17th, 2013

NC: Local Officials Critique McCrory Transportation Plan

Gov. Pat McCrory's proposed revamp of statewide transportation spending appears likely to continue to shortchange urban areas and may make it difficult for Wake County to finance its portion of a regional transit system, local officials say.

News • May 17th, 2013

MN: Hiawatha Light-Rail Name to be Phased Out for Blue Line

The name isn't likely to leave riders' lips any time soon, but starting Friday the light-rail line that runs from downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America won't be called the Hiawatha Line.

News • May 17th, 2013

MD: MARC to Add Weekend Service to Washington

Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months.

News • May 17th, 2013

PA: Transit Officials Look to Future Service Improvements

County planners and BARTA officials met with a small group of private and nonprofit transportation providers earlier this month to figure out how public and private transportation services in Berks could better serve the community.

News • May 17th, 2013

PDRTA Budget Still in Flux

The Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority is easily beginning the toughest budget season of its existence as it fights to stay alive to serve the roughly 20,000 monthly riders it transports.

News • May 17th, 2013

PA: Baby Rescued from SEPTA Train Tracks

A 14-month-old girl was rescued by her mother and another commuter Wednesday afternoon after the stroller the child was in rolled onto the tracks of SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line at the 56th Street station, transit officials said.

News • May 16th, 2013

UK: Trains Cancelled After Man Killed on Rail Track

A Man was was killed when he was hit by a train near Worle station on Tuesday.

News • May 16th, 2013

India: Bus Mows Down Four in UP

Four people were killed and four others injured in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki town Thursday when a speeding state roadways bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw packed with devotees on their way to the Deva Shareef shrine.

News • May 16th, 2013

NY: PATH/Fail: The Story of the World's Most Expensive Train Station

At $3.74 billion, plus another $200 million in contingencies, the "Transportation Hub" at the World Trade Center-not even the busiest station in the Financial District-will be far and away the most expensive train station built in modern history.

News • May 16th, 2013

IL: Transit Agencies Look to Keep South Side Moving During CTA Work

The time for campaigning is about to end. Now the hard work — delivering on promises made to 80,000 daily CTA Red Line customers who will lose a vital transportation lifeline for five months— is set to begin Sunday.

News • May 16th, 2013

CA: Alhambra Declares '710 Day,' Reaffirms Support for Freeway Extension

Proclaiming July 10 as "710 Day" in the city, Alhambra reaffirmed its support for a controversial tunnel that would connect the Long Beach and Foothill freeways.

News • May 16th, 2013

PA: SEPTA to slightly reduce planned fare hikes

SEPTA may slightly reduce its fare hike and allow more rides on passes under changes offered to its planned overhaul of the fare-collection system.

News • May 16th, 2013

CA: Mountain View City Council Turns the Key On Car-Sharing Pilot

The city of Mountain View will test drive a car-sharing program to see whether it can help reduce demand for parking in the downtown area.

News • May 16th, 2013

UK: Buses and Trains Need to be Linked; Buses

Bristol's sorry saga of Bus Rapid Transit or BRT2 hots up for its final phase and rumours run rife.

News • May 16th, 2013

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