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Discover how under-resourced grants teams use smart tech to tackle compliance, boost efficiency, and access more funding. Explore bold strategies and real insights to overcome...
July 30, 2025
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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

Bus

SEPTA
SEPTA is moving forward with 20% service reductions and a 21.5% fare increase starting Aug. 24 after new state transit funding was not secured by Aug. 14 to fill a $213 million recurring budget deficit.
Starting Aug. 24, SEPTA will reduce frequency on its bus and Metro network and will increase base transit fares.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Lonsdale Quay Exchange pictured with a buss parked inside.
The exchanges will improve road and pedestrian infrastructure and add new bus bays with larger shelters.
Aug. 21, 2025
UZURV
UZURV is rolling out a new service across the entire Metro Mobility paratransit service area in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., region for Premium On Demand riders starting Sept. 3.
The program will allow Metro Mobility paratransit riders to book and manage rides with the free UZURV Ride app or through the UZURV call center.
Aug. 21, 2025
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A CTA bus sits at a bus stop.
These make 16 Frequent Network routes, with four more additions scheduled for December.
Aug. 18, 2025

Rail

Tommy Laguana
group of students gather around a presentation in the underground The Portal construction site
Photos from deep under the Salesforce Transit Center reveal the cavernous space inching closer to transforming local and regional transit.
Aug. 22, 2025
Amtrak
A rendering of the New York City (Sunnyside Yard).
The projects will support new Airo trains arriving on more than a dozen routes over the coming years.
Aug. 20, 2025
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A TTC Subway sign on a brick building.
The plan allows buildings to be taller and less spaced out to increase housing density near transit.
Aug. 20, 2025
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Gov. Kathy Hochul sits next to MTA Chair and CEO Janna Lieber during a board meeting
The Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 is projected to have the lowest cost per rider of any active heavy rail project in the country.
Aug. 19, 2025

Technology

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A BART station entrance featuring payment terminals.
The new feature allows riders to use tappable credit or debit cards along with Apple and Google Pay.
Aug. 20, 2025
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A MARTA Transit sign displayed in Dekalb County, Georgia.
The redesign aims to merge the four existing MARTA apps into a unified platform.
Aug. 19, 2025
Denver Regional Transportation District
Three RTD-PD officers stand together in a transit station.
RTD-PD has grown five-fold since 2022, enabling the system-wide enforcement.
Aug. 19, 2025
Cubic Transportation Systems
people walk through Cubic's FenX fare gates
Agencies must balance innovation with equity to ensure transit remains a service for all.
Aug. 19, 2025

Safety & Security

ENSCO
birds eye view of a rendering of the new TDT grade crossing with multiple approaches
The testbed offers a unique, controlled setting for transportation safety research by creating a flexible and realistic environment where advanced safety solutions can be thoroughly...
Aug. 19, 2025
St. Louis Metro
St. Louis Metro’s Secure Platform Plan is helping the agency improve ridership and reduce safety incidents.
The Secure Platform Plan is a comprehensive strategy to enhance safety and improve the passenger experience.
Aug. 18, 2025
City of Albuquerque
A Transit Safety enforcement vehicle sits parked near a bus stop.
The long-term plan adds a transit safety division of nearly 90 employees to the agency.
Aug. 13, 2025
MTA
July 2025 was the safest July in history for MTA's NYCT subway system.
The system experienced an eight percent drop in overall major felony crimes in July 2025 compared to July 2024, and there were no burglaries the entire month.
Aug. 12, 2025

Management

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U.S. Capitol Building
APTA is requesting $138 billion for public transit and $130 billion for passenger rail to help modernize systems and fuel innovation.
Aug. 21, 2025
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A Maryland Transit Authority train sits at a station.
The campaign comes ahead of a new law that allows MTA Police to suspend or ban disruptive riders.
Aug. 21, 2025
Société de transport de Montréal
Three new icons created by Société de transport de Montréal to represent the uses of the transit system.
The agency’s new ads highlight the need to maintain the system for reliability and passenger safety.
Aug. 20, 2025
KCATA
a blue KCATA bus pulls out of a parking lot at sunset
KCATA's board approved a contract for transit services, ensuring the city receives uninterrupted transportation.
Aug. 19, 2025