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Public transit technology implementation in a resource-constrained environment is a daunting challenge. Projects can be delayed or even fail altogether when there is a mismatch...
May 7, 2025
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Technology now enables transit supervisors to save time, improve accident and incident response, increase safety and enhance the passenger experience.
March 27, 2025
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Today's transit leaders can become tomorrow's ZEB trailblazers. AECOM's Kristopher Takacs and Andrew Bui explain how.
Feb. 20, 2025
HID Webinar
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Watch this exclusive webinar to explore the latest trends in fare collection and ticketing hardware innovation, uncovering how transit agencies are modernizing systems to enhance...
Feb. 26, 2025

Bus

DART
A DART bus.
The APTA Sustainability Commitment program is a voluntary initiative where public transit agencies and businesses pledge to implement practices that continuously advance environmental...
July 16, 2025
MTA
Residents on an escalator in an MTA station.
New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad ridership and on-time performance have all improved in the first half of the year while customer satisfaction...
July 15, 2025
C-TRAN
a group of people line up in front of The Vine Highway 99 banner and dig shovels into a pile of dirt. WSU beaver mascot sits in front.
The Vine on Highway 99 is a nine-mile corridor that will run between Salmon Creek and the Vancouver Waterfront.
July 11, 2025
SamTrans
A SamTrans bus parks on the street under a tree
The new permanent station will ensure SamTrans has the infrastructure needed to power a large-scale hydrogen fuel cell-electric bus fleet efficiently and safely.
July 10, 2025

Rail

OCTA
passenger train runs down the coastal corridor next to the ocean
The authority will use the feedback to help shape draft alternatives and a final feasibility report to protect the LOSSAN Corridor.
July 14, 2025
Metrolink
a metrolink train goes through an at-grade crossing
The wireless crossing nearside station stop technology prevents unintended crossing activations to help improve traffic flow and ease congestion around the stations.
July 14, 2025
TransLink
A Mark V SkyTrain.
The delivery of the Mark V trains comes as the agency is expecting a 20 percent increase in ridership on the Expo Line and a 50 percent bump on the Millennium Line during peak...
July 11, 2025
SFRTA
Tri-Rail, managed by the SFRTA, is a commuter rail service linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
As COVID-19 relief funds run out, transit agencies across the U.S. are coming to the edge of a fiscal cliff and scrambling to avoid a doom spiral that would decimate rail services...
July 11, 2025

Technology

CDOT
Representatives from CDOT, the city of Lone Tree and Denver South break ground on Lone Tree Mobility Hub.
The Lone Tree Mobility Hub will provide people in the south metro area with additional transit options and connections to other locations across the state.
July 15, 2025
King County Metro
King County Metro is partnering with SDOT to make bus stop improvements in different neighborhoods throughout the city.
The project will provide improved or relocated bus shelters, improved lighting and wider sidewalks that will allow buses to stay in-lane while riders board and exit by 2027.
July 14, 2025
Big Blue Bus
The new enforcement begins with a 60-day warning period for Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus.
Hayden AI’s bus-mounted cameras will detect and record illegal parking violations that obstruct bus lanes, bus stops, bike lanes and double parking.
July 14, 2025
City of Peterborough
City of Peterborough bus.
The garage and maintenance facility will house up to 110 buses, offer a range of transit maintenance services and have amenities and offices for transit employees.
July 11, 2025

Safety & Security

Denver RTD
Denver RTD transit police SUV parks outside Denver Union Station at night
The new webpage aims to boost transparency and show the agency’s progress in addressing safety and security concerns.
July 8, 2025
L.A. Metro
L.A. Metro Ambassadors.
The L.A. Metro Board also approved 85 additional Ambassador program positions to manage the program in house and expand Ambassadors coverage on more bus lines and new stations...
July 7, 2025
MTA
MTA LIRR presented with the APTA Gold Award for Security Operations at the 2025 APTA Rail Conference in San Francisco.
The seven agencies awarded an APTA Rail Safety and Security Award were evaluated based on the effectiveness, benefit level, innovation and transferability of some their projects...
July 2, 2025
BART
BART police officer on a BART train.
The agency’s latest Quarterly Performance Review showed customer satisfaction is at 84 percent, train cleanliness improved by 58 percent year over year and station cleanliness...
June 30, 2025

Management

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U.S. Capitol Building with a blue sky in the background
The House Appropriations Committee’s markup of the bill ended with cuts to public transit and passenger rail funding compared to last year’s levels.
July 15, 2025
KTA
A KTA bus.
The town council decided to withdraw from the Inter-Municipal Services Agreement with the authority due to significantly higher costs without a guarantee of expanded or improved...
July 14, 2025
HID
Calmell Group logo with HID logo
The Spain-based company will help HID expand its smart ticketing portfolio to include smart paper and magnetic tickets.
July 11, 2025
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Dina El-Tawansy (left) and Paul J. Wiedefeld (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
July 11, 2025