Mass Transit

CO: New CDOT Executive Management Positions Named

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has named four individuals who will fill top management positions in the department.

News • June 2nd, 2011

Buenos Aires Opens US$24.5M BRT Line

The government of Argentine capital Buenos Aires has opened the first line of its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system, part of the city's sustainable transport program.

News • June 2nd, 2011

CA: Former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle to be Released From Jail Soon

A year after facing a lifetime in prison for killing an unarmed BART passenger, former transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle will be released from jail in a couple of weeks.

News • June 1st, 2011

US: $1.02 Million Grant To Be Awarded to Operation Lifesaver

The U.S. Transportation Department's Federal Railroad Administration has announced that it intends to award a $1,015,000 discretionary grant to Operation Lifesaver Inc. for the Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Education and Enforcement Program.

News • June 1st, 2011

Belarus Officials Sacked In Wake Of Subway Bombing

The head of the Minsk subway system and the director of a factory where one of the suspects in the April bombing in the Belarusian capital worked have been dismissed and one face criminal charges.

News • June 1st, 2011

CT: Metro-North Train Hits Auto at Milford Crossing

A holiday picnic came to a screeching halt Sunday afternoon when a train at a nearby crossing smashed into a car carrying a mother and her daughter, and propelled the sedan into a ditch.

News • June 1st, 2011

UT: UTA Skips Fuel Hedging, May Cost $3.6 Million

The Utah Transit Authority's decision to not hedge, or lock in, fuel prices may cost the agency an additional $3.6 million this year, forcing fares to rise as diesel prices jump.

News • June 1st, 2011

IL: Will Metra Ever Recoup Pagano Cash?

The bankruptcy case involving former Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano's widow is wrapping up even as questions remain about money he owed and wrongfully obtained from the agency.

News • June 1st, 2011

HI: Record of Decision Now Available for Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project

The U.S. Transportation Department's Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Record of Decision for the construction and operation of a 3-mile segment at Honolulu International Airport for the proposed Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor...

News • June 1st, 2011

US: Transit Program Not Being Used Optimally By Local Governments, Report Indicates

The local governments getting funding through the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program have allowed tens of millions in funding to lapse without being used, the Government Accountability Office revealed.

News • June 1st, 2011

MA: T Ridership Soars

MBTA officials say ridership on the system's buses, subway lines and commuter rail lines climbed last month to its highest level since September 2008.

News • June 1st, 2011

ON: CUTA Presents 2011 National Corporate Recognition Awards

The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) presented today its Corporate Recognition Awards in Regina. The National Transit Corporate Recognition Awards are presented upon the recommendation of individual employees to recognize a major contribution...

News • June 1st, 2011

UK: Protesters' Anger at High-Speed Rail Debate

Campaigners have hit out at comments made by Lord Adonis to leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire, on the business case for the HS2 plans.

News • May 31st, 2011

Sapporo: Manual Stalled Evacuation of Smoke-Filled Hokkaido Train

The evacuation of a smoke-filled passenger train in a Hokkaido tunnel Friday night was delayed by a company requirement that fires be visually confirmed before action can be taken, it has been learned.

News • May 31st, 2011

NY: Close Call on Subway; Suit Over Door Drag

Jonathan Lynn says in 2010 he was forced to break his own arm to escape the clutches of a Brooklyn subway car that was dragging him to nearly certain death.

News • May 31st, 2011

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