http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com en-us Copyright 2008 Cygnus Business Media Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:46 -0700 Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:46 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com http://www.masstransitmag.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6061 http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6061 MARTA officials project a budget deficit of about $43 million for the coming year, and they plan to make job cuts to help cope, according to board chairman Michael Walls. rss@masstransitmag.com (Maria Saporta, Ariel Hart, staff, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6054 http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6054 Urban areas from Argentina to Angola struggle with extremely poor transit service, perpetuating poverty and pollution. Without sufficient bus/train routes, some cities barely manage to sustain themselves. rss@masstransitmag.com (The Toronto Star) Mon, 12 May 2008 08:46:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Interest-in-Mass-Transit--Carpools--Scooters-Jumps/3$6046 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Interest-in-Mass-Transit--Carpools--Scooters-Jumps/3$6046 Commuters across the USA, pushed to the wall by soaring gas prices, increasingly are turning to alternate means of getting to and from work. rss@masstransitmag.com (Larry Copeland and Oren Dorell) Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Gas-Jumps-Nearly-3-Cents-to-Record/3$6045 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Gas-Jumps-Nearly-3-Cents-to-Record/3$6045 Gasoline and crude oil jumped to new records Thursday, with gas rising 3 cents to an average national price of nearly $3.65 a gallon and oil crossing $124 a barrel for the first time. rss@masstransitmag.com (By JOHN WILEN) Fri, 9 May 2008 12:40:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Seattle-Transit-Options--More-Streetcars-or-Electric-Trolleys/3$6026 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Seattle-Transit-Options--More-Streetcars-or-Electric-Trolleys/3$6026 Streetcars? Why not electric trolley buses? That question popped up Tuesday as Seattle City Council members were briefed on four possible streetcar routes to extend the system now only in South Lake Union. rss@masstransitmag.com (Larry Lange, reporter, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Fri, 9 May 2008 10:55:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/New-York-Bus-Systems-Unite/3$6024 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/New-York-Bus-Systems-Unite/3$6024 Aiming to create a seamless regional bus system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday announced that it will combine the operations of Long Island Bus with two New York City bus agencies. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Jennifer Maloney, Newsday) Thu, 8 May 2008 09:17:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Industry-Announcements/Delaware-Transit-Corp-Wins-Top-Honor-at-2008-International-Bus-Roadeo/1$6020 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Industry-Announcements/Delaware-Transit-Corp-Wins-Top-Honor-at-2008-International-Bus-Roadeo/1$6020 The Delaware Transit Corp. in Wilmington, Del., won the Grand Champion Award at the prestigious 33rd International Bus Roadeo held in conjunction with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus and Paratransit Conference in Austin, Texas, this week. rss@masstransitmag.com Thu, 8 May 2008 20:11:00 -0700 Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Rerouting-SEPTAs-Governance/3$6003 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Rerouting-SEPTAs-Governance/3$6003 The politically powerful but largely invisible directors of SEPTA are about to get an unaccustomed moment in the spotlight. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Paul Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mon, 5 May 2008 07:39:00 -0700 Bus News MassTransitMag.com: Bus News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=8 http://www.masstransitmag.com rss@masstransitmag.com