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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
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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
TransLink
A TransLink BEB.
The agency received C$479 million in funding through the government of Canada’s Community Building Fund to add 102 new BEBs to replace aging diesel buses and test a 60-foot electric...
July 2, 2025
PANYNJ
PANYNJ has awarded a contract to Tutor Perini Corporation to construct an interim terminal during Midtown Bus Terminal construction.
The interim terminal will later transition to a bus storage and staging facility after completion of the main terminal.
July 2, 2025
WMATA
A Metrobus at Addison Road.
WMATA’s Better Bus Network is the agency’s first comprehensive overhaul of the Metrobus system since 1973 while Phase 1 of the MTA’s Queens Bus Network Redesign marks the beginning...
July 1, 2025
SEPTA
A SEPTA hydrogen-powered bus.
If the FY 26 state budget does not provide new funding for public transit, SEPTA will cut service by 45 percent and raise fares by 21.5 percent starting this fall while PRT will...
June 30, 2025
Sound Transit
A rendering of the Tacoma Dome Link Extension.
The project will extend light-rail service about 10 miles from Federal Way to Tacoma, Wash., and includes four new stations.
July 1, 2025
Santa Clara VTA
Santa Clara VTA has received $100 million in state funding for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project.
The funding is a significant contribution to filling Santa Clara VTA’s remaining funding gap for the project.
July 1, 2025
Siemens Mobility
A Siemens Mobility Dual Mode locomotive.
The Charger B+AC, which is designed to power trains at speeds up to 125 mph under catenary and on battery power for up to 100 miles, will be used in the MTA and Metro-North Railroad...
July 1, 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
CTDOT
A rendering of the new TOD project at New Haven Union Station.
CTDOT has selected HNTB to provide station improvements along the Waterbury Branch Line and Gilbane Development Company and MURAL Real Estate Partners to lead a TOD project at...
June 27, 2025
TransLink
fare inspector stands in front of a bus checking passengers' fares before they board
The transit agency reports the increased enforcement has resulted in over half a million dollars in additional monthly revenue.
June 26, 2025
MTC
The new maps and signs.
According to the MTC, nearly 90 percent of survey respondents said it is now “easy" or "very easy" to find their way around the two test locations with the new signs and maps....
June 26, 2025
Metrolink
a man and a woman stand in front of a Metrolink ticket vending machine to purchase a ticket
The pilot aims to simplify which fare to purchase, lower the cost of monthly passes and introduce new discounts.
June 26, 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
CapMetro
three transit police officers stand outside in front of a CapMetro transit police SUV
The agency will utilize Mark43’s records management system, advanced analytics system and a mobile, cloud-native app.
June 25, 2025
Denver RTD
Denver RTD’s latest customer and community survey shows agency’s improvement in several categories.
The latest survey revealed double-digit, year-over-year improvements in perceptions of personal safety and security, the cleanliness of buses and trains, on-time performance and...
June 24, 2025
PANYNJ
graduating police officers in dress blues stand up and throw their white gloves into the air during their ceremony
The new officers underwent comprehensive training in New York and New Jersey state laws, police procedures, firearms usage, first aid and counterterrorism techniques.
June 23, 2025
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June 30, 2025
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June 27, 2025
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Het Patel (left) and Trenise Winters (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
June 27, 2025
SilverRide
a health aid helps an older man into a car
The FTA’s proposed taxicab exemption clarification is a chance to modernize an outdated rule, but it only works if providers, agencies and regulators work together.
June 27, 2025