Host Bill Brennan follows Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and HART CEO and executive director to the radio talk show 'Town Square.' We discuss the Honolulu rail project with APTA President & CEO, Michael Melaniphy; and go on an aerial fly over of the rail...
The Digital Signage Federation (DSF) announced March 4 that it has joined United for Patent Reform as a founding member. The coalition, initially spearheaded by the National Retail Federation, is comprised of major trade associations and major U.S...
Public transport is heading in a new direction: the urban mobility landscape is changing rapidly and is defining the way people move around cities the world over. The changes and challenges facing the sector and how public transport can reaffirm its...
In response to demand from mobile network operators (MNOs) for open standards for multi-application environments, industry association, OSPT Alliance, has today published a whitepaper which offers guidance to MNOs on the specific value and benefits that...
Maintenance Design Group has added Ryan Swanson as a senior mechanical engineer in the firm’s Denver office.
Swanson is a licensed professional engineer (PE) with more than 10 years of mechanical engineering experience specializing in HVAC...
A top House Democrat today disparaged Gov. Charlie Baker's plan to give the embattled MBTA a budget boost, calling it "crazy" to throw money at the agency before it proves it can avoid the disastrous problems the plagued it this winter.
House...
After months of rumblings, the Raleigh City Council has taken up the question of whether downtown Raleigh's nightlife is going from "vibrant" to over-saturated.
Some downtown residents, most notably the downtown mogul Greg Hatem, have claimed that...
In addition to paying to fix potholes and crumbling bridge decks, the $7 billion transportation budget approved by the Ohio House Tuesday would set up a legislative task force to study the larger question of how to pay for such repairs in the future...
Muni, San Francisco's long-reviled public transit system, is making some converts, according to a new poll that shows more people than ever believe the bus and streetcar service is getting better.
The poll, commissioned by the San Francisco Chamber...
Minneapolis officials are calling for major changes to Olson Hwy. that would coincide with construction of the region's fourth light-rail line, saying the existing seven-lane road through the North Side is "hostile" to people on foot.
The mayor's...
Additional weekday MARC train service will be added to the Camden Line next week as part of an initiative to boost connections between University of Maryland's campuses in Baltimore and College Park, the Maryland Transit Administration said Tuesday...
Add one more item to the list of topics Mayor Emanuel and his formidable challenger Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia disagree on: Emanuel's proposed flyover at the Belmont stop in Lakeview.
Though they've spent lots of time shaking commuter...
A developer proposing a 330-unit housing complex at the 16th Street BART Station — derided by critics as "the monster in the Mission" — has agreed to fund the creation of 90 units of affordable housing and build a new playground for the adjacent...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced March 3 a proposal for a new pilot program that will explore new ways to make it easier for states and cities to hire local residents for transportation projects. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti...
Capital Metro’s board of directors is getting a new look with the appointment of a new chairman and vice chair of the board as well as a new member.
Wade Cooper, who joined the board in 2014, has been elected chair following a unanimous vote by his...
Alstom has inaugurated a new production line for Citadis trams at its Taubaté plant, state of São Paulo, in Brazil. The opening ceremony was attended by local authorities, company representatives and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, president of Alstom Transport...
Digital Signage Expo (DSE) announced March 3 that its 12-part Digital Signage Seminar Program at DSE 2015 designed specifically for end user professionals will include an hour-long interactive session titled “Technology Enabled Environments...
The deadline for proposals related to operations and maintenance services for the Cincinnati Streetcar has been extended to allow more time for prospective proposers on this complex procurement.
Proposals are due no later than March 30, 2015, 2 p.m...
Pendolino, Alstom’s high speed train, has successfully covered one million kilometres in Poland.
Since the start of its operation, mid-December 2014, Alstom has secured a 100% availability of the train fleet which has made around 2,000 journeys...
Authorities say an SUV driven by an elderly woman has been hit by a train at a crossing in New York, about 40 miles south of a fatal crash last month that killed six.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say a crossing gate came down on the SUV...
A Caltrain struck and killed a pedestrian in San Jose on Monday afternoon, halting service in the Gilroy direction for nearly two hours, officials said.
Reports of the incident came in around 5:15 p.m., indicating an unidentified male had been struck...
No injuries were reported after a train crash Sunday that came just days and a couple miles from where a Metrolink train derailed last week.
On Sunday, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Train 796 left the Oxnard Transit Center headed west with 75 people on...
Washington, D.C.'s mayor has named a new fire chief to take control of a department roundly criticized for poor service, including its response to a fatal subway accident in January.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser named Gregory Dean at a news...
A 23-year-old woman died after she was struck by a light rail train south of downtown Houston, authorities said Monday.
A MetroRail hit the woman about 7:30 p.m. Monday along Main near Drew, said officials with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of...
The company that operates the state's commuter rail system has been fined more than $434,000 after nearly two-thirds of the trains were late or canceled during the heavy snowfalls that pounded the region last month, transit officials said Monday...
