Mass Transit

Dubai: Commuters Sweat Over Faulty Bus Shelter Air Conditioning

Residents' calls for authorities to take urgent action to fix the faulty air conditioners, however, has evoked a heated response from the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) which has blamed users who leave the doors of bus shelters open.

News • June 8th, 2011

WI: $159K Bus Driver No Longer Tops the List of Highest Earners in Madison City Government

Only one Metro Transit driver used overtime and other extra earnings to make more than $100,000 in 2010, down from seven six-figure-salary operators the previous year, a Wisconsin State Journal analysis of city records shows.

News • June 7th, 2011

MD: Bus Line Facing Ax Again; Officials: Annapolis to New Carrollton Route Too Costly

Officials at Dillon's Bus Service Inc. said they can no longer afford to offer the 921 bus line, a route the company picked up after the Maryland Transit Administration dropped it.

News • June 7th, 2011

India: High-Speed Rail Link to Bring Meerut Closer to Capital

By 2016, commuters from Meerut will benefit from a direct link to Sarai Kale Khan, which will help them reach the Capital in less than 70 minutes.

News • June 7th, 2011

ON: Residents Get to Ride the Bus for Free on Wednesday

The city is offering free public transit as part of Clean Air Day, a national day of action to improve air quality.

News • June 7th, 2011

ON: TTC May Need Magic to Fund Presto System

The Toronto Transit Commission is expected to tap into the provincial Presto fare card system this week. But it's not clear how long it will take to roll out the green smart cards across the system or how much it will cost taxpayers to equip hundreds...

News • June 7th, 2011

MA: Patrick-Murray Administration Celebrates Groundbreaking of State-of-the-Art CSX Facility

Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray today joined state and local officials and CSX Transportation to celebrate the start of construction on the $100 million expansion of CSX's rail facility in Worcester.

News • June 7th, 2011

MD: Sen. Zeldin and Sen. Martins Introduce Legislation to Repeal MTA Payroll Tax

Senator Lee M. Zeldin (R, C, I- Shirley) and Senator Jack Martins (R-Mineola) announced today the introduction of legislation to repeal the job killing MTA Payroll Tax. This announcement came on the heels of months of studying, listening and learning...

News • June 7th, 2011

IL: Gov. Quinn Announces Partnership with University of Illinois to Study 220-mph Rail Service

Governor Pat Quinn today announced a partnership between the University of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation and a special advisory group to study the feasibility of 220-mph passenger rail service between Chicago, Urbana-Champaign...

News • June 6th, 2011

US Politicians Push for Private Finance to Fund High Speed Rail Plans

American politicians last week said private finance must be used to deliver high speed rail lines between Boston, New York and Washington.

News • June 6th, 2011

HI: Concern Grows Over Rail's Cost

Cliff Slater, an opponent of rail and one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit field last week trying to stop the project, said it was hard to make sense of the data, noting that the number who say work should be completed is roughly equivalent to the...

News • June 6th, 2011

IL: Two Trains Collide in Chicago

The incident took place at the Union Station Friday when an inbound metro train struck a parked train, witnesses said.

News • June 6th, 2011

India: Mob Ransacks Station, Railway Police Fire in Air

Railway police fired several rounds in the air as a mob ransacked the Tilbhitha railway station in Pakur district of Jharkhand after a woman was run over and killed by a goods train today, a senior police officer said today.

News • June 6th, 2011

CA: SMART Wants $8 Million More from Marin Taxpayers

Marin County taxpayers appear to be on the hook for another $8 million to get the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit project rolling.

News • June 6th, 2011

PA: Man Struck and Killed by Train in Northeast

In what police believe was a suicide, a pedestrian was killed Saturday afternoon when a northbound Amtrak train struck him at Grant Avenue near the Torresdale train station, police said.

News • June 6th, 2011

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