At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard March 1 announced a global partnership with Cubic Transportation Systems. The alliance is designed to help the millions of daily commuters around the world experience faster, more convenient and personalized ways to...
Kansas City's downtown streetcar construction process is nearly 50 percent complete and should be finished by this fall.
But then the vehicles will undergo months of testing before passengers are expected to start riding in the first few months of...
The opening of the SWTA and NMTA conference and expo began with a look at how ADA legislation has transformed our lives and provided some personal insight in what that has done and the challenges still ahead.
Cubic Transportation Systems Inc. announced March 1 its customer Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH (RMV) sold 5 million tickets through its Cubic-developed mobile ticketing app.
Managing director for RMV, Professor Knut Ringat said, “Five million...
Digital Signage Expo (DSE) will not only present an exhibit floor packed with the newest, most cutting-edge technology, but will also host a very large group of attendees from well known organizations from around the world.
March 10-13 at the Las Vegas...
The Toronto Transit Commission's fourth new streetcar, car number 4405, entered regular service March 1, on the 510 Spadina route.
The 510 Spadina line is an all-door boarding, proof-of-payment route equipped with Presto readers and fare vending...
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) reminded Muni riders that the Free Muni for low-to-moderate income seniors and people with disabilities program began March 1.
Following unanimous approval by the SFMTA board on Jan. 20, the...
Sekisui Polymer Innovations LLC announced Feb. 27 their purchase of a third manufacturing facility.
The new site is a 375,000 square foot facility on 56 acres in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, located two miles from company headquarters. The thermoplastic...
The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority has named C. Mikel Oglesby as its deputy executive director, effective immediately.
Oglesby brings almost a quarter of a century of experience in the transit industry to his position, most recently...
Decision Lens announced it is currently enabling over 25 different state departments of transportation (DOTs), transit agencies, and commercial transportation companies, as well as the U.S. Department of Transportation, to improve project...
At DSE 2015, SurgeX, will address the number one cause of digital signage downtime and failure worldwide, power quality issues.
The SurgeX MultiPak and FlatPak product lines represent power protection and energy diagnostic technology available for...
In the grand halls of Union Station, you can get everything but a train.
From Appalachian Spring to Victoria's Secret, 55 retail shops offer shoes, handbags, ties, chocolate, wine, perfume, cigars, watches, and clothes.
Thirty-five restaurants and...
An Amtrak train with 85 aboard hit a vehicle Sunday night at Pleasant Valley Road and Fifth Street between Oxnard and Camarillo.
The incident was reported at 7:56 p.m. as a vehicle "stuck on tracks,"according to the California Highway Patrol.
Two...
Jamie Barnard has been riding BART for just four of the transit system's 42 years. But that's long enough to notice that delays are becoming increasingly common as the regional network grows older and more crowded.
"BART seemed very regular, very...
When Alison Norris couldn't find work in Detroit, she searched past the city limits, ending up with a part-time restaurant job that's 20 miles away but takes at least two hours to get to via separate city and suburban bus systems.
For many city...
Residents and officials from across southern Minnesota on Friday aired concerns about aging infrastructure and a lack of transportation funding, calling on legislators to find a long-term funding solution.
The comments were made during a public hearing...
A passenger train advocate last week urged the agency controlling Central Station to consider the future growth of Tennessee and Arkansas's passenger traffic in redeveloping the historic building for other uses.
But state transportation officials...
The state line is that go-to excuse Kansas City area officials often rely on to explain why it's hard getting things done on a regional basis.
But what if there were a unit of government, some kind of bistate "authority," not constrained by city...
The road less traveled doesn't go through Pennsylvania.
A highway network battered by Father Time and surging traffic volume left the state transportation department hamstrung in recent years by a shrinking budget and a laundry list of upgrades. Now, a...
In 1982, when Gloucester County planners drafted a framework for growth, one-fifth of the county's land was considered developed — a statistic perhaps best reflected in a slogan that would become the county's mantra: "Close to everything, far from it...
At approximately 10:22 a.m. Feb. 27, a passenger car traveling along Kloman Street in the Westport area of Baltimore City crashed into the side of a MTA Light Rail vehicle disrupting service between the Camden Yard and Patapsco stations. The driver of the...
CG/LA Infrastructure Inc., on Feb. 27 announced the recipients of their prestigious 2015 Global Projects of the Year Awards during the 8th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. All projects were presented at the Leadership Forum and...
March 1-6 is Kindness Week across the GTA. The Human Kindness Project will hold a customer appreciation day on the TTC this Monday at Bloor-Yonge, Finch and Eglinton stations.
Student volunteers will be holding "kindness" placards and handing out...
